In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ClickHouse on a CentOS 7 VPS, as well as demonstrate some things that you can do in ClickHouse.
ClickHouse is a distributed analytical column-oriented database management system. ClickHouse has the ability to perform queries in real-time, making it simple and easy to run applications that require analytical results. The ClickHouse query language is based on SQL, which only helps to simplify and reduce the learning curve for the end user. ClickHouse has two main characteristics:
- Column-oriented databases – Records in blocks grouped by columns instead of rows. This method is much faster than the traditional row-based system.
- Online Analytics Processing system – This systems allows for the organization of a large amount of data, as well as executing more complex queries.
Let’s get started with the installation.