dqlite [](https://github.com/canonical/dqlite/actions/workflows/build-and-test.yml) [](https://codecov.io/gh/canonical/dqlite) ====== [English](./README.md)|[简体中文](./README_CH.md) [dqlite](https://dqlite.io) is a C library that implements an embeddable and replicated SQL database engine with high availability and automatic failover. The acronym "dqlite" stands for "distributed SQLite", meaning that dqlite extends [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/) with a network protocol that can connect together various instances of your application and have them act as a highly-available cluster, with no dependency on external databases. Design highlights ---------------- * Asynchronous single-threaded implementation using [libuv](https://libuv.org/) as event loop. * Custom wire protocol optimized for SQLite primitives and data types. * Data replication based on the [Raft](https://raft.github.io/) algorithm. License ------- The dqlite library is released under a slightly modified version of LGPLv3, that includes a copyright exception allowing users to statically link the library code in their project and release the final work under their own terms. See the full [license](https://github.com/canonical/dqlite/blob/master/LICENSE) text. Compatibility ------------- dqlite runs on Linux and requires a kernel with support for [native async I/O](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/io_setup.2.html) (not to be confused with [POSIX AIO](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/aio.7.html)). Try it ------- The simplest way to see dqlite in action is to use the demo program that comes with the Go dqlite bindings. Please see the [relevant documentation](https://github.com/canonical/go-dqlite#demo) in that project. Media ----- A talk about dqlite was given at FOSDEM 2020, you can watch it [here](https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/dqlite/). [Here](https://gcore.com/blog/comparing-litestream-rqlite-dqlite/) is a blog post from 2022 comparing dqlite with rqlite and Litestream, other replication software for SQLite. Wire protocol ------------- If you wish to write a client, please refer to the [wire protocol](https://dqlite.io/docs/protocol) documentation. Install ------- If you are on a Debian-based system, you can get the latest development release from dqlite's [dev PPA](https://launchpad.net/~dqlite/+archive/ubuntu/dev): ``` sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dqlite/dev sudo apt update sudo apt install libdqlite-dev ``` Contributing ------------ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md). Build ----- To build libdqlite from source you'll need: * Build dependencies: pkg-config and GNU Autoconf, Automake, libtool, and make * A reasonably recent version of [libuv](https://libuv.org/) (v1.8.0 or later), with headers. * A reasonably recent version of [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/) (v3.22.0 or later), with headers. * Optionally, a reasonably recent version of [LZ4](https://lz4.org/) (v1.7.1 or later), with headers. Your distribution should already provide you with these dependencies. For example, on Debian-based distros: ``` sudo apt install pkg-config autoconf automake libtool make libuv1-dev libsqlite3-dev liblz4-dev ``` With these dependencies installed, you can build and install the dqlite shared library and headers as follows: ``` $ autoreconf -i $ ./configure --enable-build-raft $ make $ sudo make install ``` The default installation prefix is `/usr/local`; you may need to run ``` $ sudo ldconfig ``` to enable the linker to find `libdqlite.so`. To install to a different prefix, replace the configure step with something like ``` $ ./configure --enable-build-raft --prefix=/usr ``` The `--enable-build-raft` option causes dqlite to use its bundled Raft implementation instead of linking to an external libraft; the latter is a legacy configuration that should not be used for new development. Usage Notes ----------- Detailed tracing will be enabled when the environment variable `LIBDQLITE_TRACE` is set before startup. The value of it can be in `[0..5]` range and reperesents a tracing level, where `0` means "no traces" emitted, `5` enables minimum (FATAL records only), and `1` enables maximum verbosity (all: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL records).