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rqlite v3.8.0 released

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.8.0 is now out. This release includes some minor enhancements and bug fixes. You can download the release from GitHub.

Load SQLite dump files into rqlite v3.7.0

rqlite is a lightweight distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. With release v3.7.0 you can load SQLite dump files directly into rqlite. This makes restoring from a backup, or migrating an existing SQLite database to rqlite much…

rqlite v3.6.0 released

rqlite is an open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.6.0 is out. With this release a new node can now join an existing cluster though any node of that cluster, not just through the leader node.…

rqlite now supported on Microsoft Windows

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. Thanks to the power of the Go tool chain, it is compatible with Microsoft Windows without any extra effort. To ensure that it remains compatible with…

InfluxDB 1.0 released

My old colleagues at InfluxData have released InfluxDB 1.0. Congratulations to them all on this great milestone. Being involved with the development of InfluxDB was a great experience, and I’m sure the database will go from strength to strength.

rqlite v3.5.0 released

rqlite is an open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.5.0 is out. This release supports important control of foreign key constraints, in the underlying SQLite database. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite v3.4.1released

rqlite is an open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.4.1 is out. This release includes some minor fixes as well as source code improvements (linting). You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite v3.4.0 released

rqlite is an open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine.  v3.4.0 is out, which includes a minor change to the HTTP responses. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite v3.3.0 released

rqlite is an open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.3.0 has been released and includes new functionality to control the Raft consensus subsystem, along with improvements to the CLI. You can download the release from GitHub.

rqlite v3.2.1 released

rqlite is an open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.2.1 has been released and includes new functionality for cluster management, along with new documentation on running clusters. v3.2.0 also includes some bug fixes. You can download the…

rqlite v3: Globally replicating SQLite

rqlite is an open-source distributed relational database, which uses SQLite as its storage engine. rqlite is written in Go and uses Raft to achieve consensus across a set of SQLite databases. It gracefully handles leader election, and can tolerate machine…

rqlite v3.0.1 released with leader redirection

rqlite is an open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.0.1 has been released and it is a significant upgrade relative to the 2.0 series. The 3.0 series allows more sophisticated clusters to be built and simplifies rqlite…

rqlite moved to new repository

To help with the growth of rqlite, it’s been moved to a new repository, under a dedicated organization. Github made this transfer very easy. I decided on a new logo too.

rqlite at the San Francisco Go Meetup

I made a presentation on rqlite tonight at the San Francisco Go Meetup. It was an enjoyable evening, and I had a chance to discuss why I built rqlite, how it works, and where it might go in the future.

What I learned from programming databases

Programming a database is fascinating work. I’ve been deeply involved with developing open source databases for the past two years and programming a database is possibly the most instructive project one can ever complete as a software developer. What’s really…

rqlite and Hashicorp Raft Consensus

I’ve started replacing go-raft within rqlite with the implementation from Hashicorp. go-raft is no longer maintained, and I’ve good experience with the Hashicorp code, due to my work with InfluxDB and hraftd. I’m also going to change the API, so…

InfluxDB and the Raft consensus protocol

I recently presented at the InfluxDB San Francisco Meetup, on InfluxDB and the Raft consensus protocol. My talk was about the fundamental problems of distributed systems, and how InfluxDB uses Raft to solve these issues.

Contributing to InfluxDB

When you’d like to contribute to an open-source project it can be difficult to know where to start. Check out my latest post for the InfluxDB blog, explaining how we on the Core team have curated a set of issues,…

InfluxDB 0.9.0 released

The first version of the 0.9.0 series of InfluxDB has been released. It’s alpha-quality software but all of us on the InfluxDB team are very excited to see the software reach this stage. You can read more about the release…