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Further PostgreSQL Extension Support Roadmap

Posted on April 15, 2025

Hello Digital Ocean Community!

In my application the following usecase came up, that I would like to do long term data archiving on parts of my operational data in a managed postgresql cluster. I found the list of the supported extensions here in the docs.

I figured, that I would like to use Parquet files fora archiving and analytics in my s3 compatible (do spaces) storage. For that I need the following extension:

  • pg_parquet But sadly this extension is not supported yet.

To configure this extension, you have to provide credentials for your object storage, which could be set from a config file or environment variables

My question is the following:

  • Is there a roadmap for further extension support? Is the pg_parquet extensions is on the list? If it is, when can we expect it to be available? If not, can i configure it somehow myself?
  • Is there any capability to reach the filesystem or environment variables on DO managed clusters, to configure an extension like this via envvars or config files?

Thanks for your answers in advance! Best Regards Bendeguz



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Heya, @fullammo

pg_parquet is indeed not natively supported on the PostgreSQL Managed Platform. The best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to our Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.

https://ideas.digitalocean.com/

For the time being you can spin up a droplet and configure PostgreSQL and enable the extenions.

Regards

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