Vertica

OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) is a columnar database designed for big data analytics.

Prerequisites

The hostname for the Vertica database server
The username/password for the Vertica database server
The name of the database to use within the Vertica database server

Setup

Manual

Add the following to a .env file in your Cube project:

dotenv

CUBEJS_DB_TYPE=vertica
CUBEJS_DB_HOST=my.vertica.host
CUBEJS_DB_USER=vertica_user
CUBEJS_DB_PASS=**********
CUBEJS_DB_SCHEMA=my_vertica_schema

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Description	Possible Values	Required
<EnvVar>CUBEJS_DB_HOST</EnvVar>	The host URL for a database	A valid database host URL	✅
<EnvVar>CUBEJS_DB_PORT</EnvVar>	The port for the database connection	A valid port number	❌
<EnvVar>CUBEJS_DB_USER</EnvVar>	The username used to connect to the database	A valid database username	✅
<EnvVar>CUBEJS_DB_PASS</EnvVar>	The password used to connect to the database	A valid database password	✅
<EnvVar>CUBEJS_DB_SCHEMA</EnvVar>	The schema within the database to connect to	A valid schema name within a Presto database	✅
<EnvVar>CUBEJS_DB_SSL</EnvVar>	If `true`, enables SSL encryption for database connections from Cube	`true`, `false`	❌
<EnvVar>CUBEJS_DB_MAX_POOL</EnvVar>	The maximum number of concurrent database connections to pool. Default is `8`	A valid number	❌
<EnvVar>CUBEJS_CONCURRENCY</EnvVar>	The number of concurrent queries to the data source	A valid number	❌

SSL

To enable SSL-encrypted connections between Cube and Verica, set the <EnvVar>CUBEJS_DB_SSL</EnvVar> environment variable to true. For more information on how to configure custom certificates, please check out Enable SSL Connections to the Database.