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rqlite 7.6.0 released – now with ARM builds

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 7.6.0 improves access-control options, and also has official ARM and ARM64 builds for the first time.

Building Secure and Reliable Systems at Google

I recently started reading Building Secure and Reliable Systems, which was authored by various folks at Google (some of whom I know). Since my work is at the intersection of so much of this — reliable logging systems which must…

rqlite 7.5.1 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 7.5.1 supports more network-related configuration options. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite reaches 10,000 stars on GitHub

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. It passed a milestone this month, in the open-source world, by gaining 10,000 stars on GitHub.

Testing rqlite read consistency

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. Nienke Eijsvogel, Ruben van Baarle and Daan de Graaf recently ran Jepsen-style testing of rqlite. Their tests showed that rqlite maintains linearizability…

Talking Distributed Systems at Hacker Nights

I recently had the opportunity to talk distributed systems and rqlite at the Hacker Nights NYC Meetup. It was great chance to speak with some  folks, and discuss rqlite, its design, and how it operates. The presentation is available, as…

rqlite 7.3.2 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 7.3.2 upgrades rqlite to use SQLite 3.38.0. You can download the release from GitHub.

New Slack channel for rqlite

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine and Raft for distributed consensus. I’ve created a new Slack channel for discussions on rqlite, so be sure to sign up if…

Why are we still tailing log files?

Sit down with any developer today, even those at pretty new software companies, and you’ll see them doing something that programmers have been doing for years — you’ll see them tailing log files. But why? Why are we still tailing…

rqlite 6.9.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.9.0 adds support for SQLite Named Parameters. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite 6.8.2 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.8.2 adds control over startup initialization. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite: static linking and smaller Docker images

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. There have been a series of releases recently, which make deployment on Linux even easier, and significantly decrease the Docker footprint.

rqlite 6.6.2 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.6.2 increases maximum intra-cluster communication message size. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite 6.6.1 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.6.1 improves handing of some error cases. You can download the release from GitHub.

Using Ansible to deploy WordPress

I want to make this WordPress deployment easier to replicate — both to make it much easier to recover from failure, and experiment with various configurations. To that end I finally got around to using Ansible to deploy it. It…

rqlite 6.6.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.6.0 adds supports for recovering clusters that have permanently lost quorum. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite at the CMU Database Group

I recently had a chance to speak about rqlite, the distributed, lightweight database built on SQLite, to the Carnegie Mellon Database Group.We discussed the goals of rqlite, its design and use of the Raft consensus protocol, as well as testing…

rqlite 6.5.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.5.0 adds new management features, and improved diagnostics. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite at Carnegie Mellon University

Full details for my upcoming talk on rqlite to the Carnegie Mellon Database Group are now available. I will discuss rqlite goals, design, and implementation, with particular reference to its use of the Raft consensus algorithm, and its embedding of…

rqlite 6.4.3 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. 6.4.3 includes important bug fixes related to large databases, and improved status and diagnostics. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite 6.1.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, with SQLite as its storage engine. 6.1.0 enables new SQLite options including JSON1 support and the DBSTAT table. It also supports proper concurrent database reads for in-memory databases, and…