Getting Started
Prerequisites
To use BedquiltDB, you will need the following:
- A PostgreSQL database server, at least version 9.4
- The
pgcrypto
extension, which is usually included with PostgreSQL
Installation
First, clone the bedquilt-core
git repository, and cd
into it's directory:
$ git clone git@github.com:BedquiltDB/bedquilt-core.git
$ cd bedquilt-core
Then run the install task to install to the local PostgreSQL installation:
$ make install
Alternatively, you can build a zip file contianing the extension and use that to
install on a PostgreSQL server:
$ make dist
Enable the extension
Once the extension is installed on the server, it needs to be enabled on the
database you intend to use:
CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pgcrypto;
CREATE EXTENSION bedquilt;
The various functions that make up bedquilt
should be available
on the database, and you are ready to connect a client driver.
Next steps
Now you can install a client library (such as pybedquilt), and start using BedquiltDB.