Extensions

Harness the synergistic power of PostgreSQL extensions

Pigsty provides 510 extensions, covering 16 major categories including time-series, geospatial, vector, full-text search, analytics, and feature enhancements, ready to use out-of-the-box.

Using extensions in Pigsty involves four core steps: Download, Install, Config/Load, and Create.

pg-meta:
  hosts: { 10.10.10.10: { pg_seq: 1, pg_role: primary } }
  vars:
    pg_cluster: pg-meta
    pg_databases:
      - name: meta
        extensions: [ postgis, timescaledb, vector ]   # Create: Create extensions in database
    pg_libs: 'timescaledb, pg_stat_statements, auto_explain' # Config: Preload extension libraries
    pg_extensions: [ postgis, timescaledb, pgvector ]  # Install: Install extension packages