SUBSCRIBE SERVICE

SUBSCRIBE SERVICE subscribes a worker to a service queue for the duration of the connected session.

Note

If you haven’t already, read the Workload manager guide.

Permissions

To subscribe a worker to a service, the current role must have the SUPERUSER permission.

Syntax

subscribe_service_statement ::=
   SELECT SUBSCRIBE_SERVICE( worker_id, service_name );

worker_id ::= text

service_name ::= text

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`worker_id`	The name of the worker to subscribe
`service_name`	The service name to subscribe to. If the service does not exist, it will be created

Notes

If the service name does not currently exist, it will be created

Warning

SUBSCRIBE_SERVICE applies the service subscription immediately, but the setting applies for the duration of the session. To apply a persistent setting, use the initialSubscribedServices configuration setting. Read the Workload manager guide for more information.

Examples

Subscribing a worker to a service queue

A common use of the workload manager is to separate ETL tasks from BI tasks.

Each worker is assigned an automatic ID, and is subscribed to the 'sqream' queue upon start.

t=> SELECT SHOW_SUBSCRIBED_INSTANCES();
service | servernode | serverip      | serverport
--------+------------+---------------+-----------
sqream  | node_9383  | 192.168.0.111 |       5000
sqream  | node_9384  | 192.168.0.111 |       5001
sqream  | node_9385  | 192.168.0.111 |       5002
sqream  | node_9551  | 192.168.1.91  |       5000

We want to modify node_9551 to join the ETL queue, which will be created when we subscribe it:

t=> SELECT SUBSCRIBE_SERVICE('node_9551','etl');
executed

t=> SELECT SHOW_SUBSCRIBED_INSTANCES();
service | servernode | serverip      | serverport
--------+------------+---------------+-----------
sqream  | node_9383  | 192.168.0.111 |       5000
sqream  | node_9384  | 192.168.0.111 |       5001
sqream  | node_9385  | 192.168.0.111 |       5002
sqream  | node_9551  | 192.168.1.91  |       5000
etl     | node_9551  | 192.168.1.91  |       5000

To connect to the new queue, use the service parameter in the connection string. A statement executed from a connections to the etl service will be routed to an available worker that is subscribed to the etl service queue.