asynchronous_* server settings

These settings configure the ClickHouse server and are autogenerated from ClickHouse source.

asynchronous_heavy_metrics_update_period_s

Period in seconds for updating heavy asynchronous metrics.

asynchronous_insert_log

Settings for the asynchronous_insert_log system table for logging async inserts. The following settings can be configured by sub-tags:

Setting	Description	Default	Note
`database`	Name of the database.
`table`	Name of the system table.
`engine`	MergeTree Engine Definition for a system table.		Cannot be used if `partition_by` or `order_by` defined. If not specified `MergeTree` is selected by default
`partition_by`	Custom partitioning key for a system table.		If `engine` is specified for system table, `partition_by` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`ttl`	Specifies the table TTL.		If `engine` is specified for system table, `ttl` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`order_by`	Custom sorting key for a system table. Can’t be used if `engine` defined.		If `engine` is specified for system table, `order_by` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`storage_policy`	Name of the storage policy to use for the table (optional).		If `engine` is specified for system table, `storage_policy` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`settings`	Additional parameters that control the behavior of the MergeTree (optional).		If `engine` is specified for system table, `settings` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`flush_interval_milliseconds`	Interval for flushing data from the buffer in memory to the table.	`7500`
`max_size_rows`	Maximal size in lines for the logs. When the amount of non-flushed logs reaches the max_size, logs are dumped to the disk.	`1048576`
`reserved_size_rows`	Pre-allocated memory size in lines for the logs.	`8192`
`buffer_size_rows_flush_threshold`	Threshold for amount of lines. If the threshold is reached, flushing logs to the disk is launched in background.	`max_size_rows / 2`
`flush_on_crash`	Sets whether logs should be dumped to the disk in case of a crash.	`false`

Additionally, the following server-level setting controls the default flush policy for all system log tables:

<default_system_log_flush_policy>
    <skip_alias_columns>true</skip_alias_columns>
</default_system_log_flush_policy>

Setting	Description	Default
`skip_alias_columns`	When `true`, ALIAS columns are omitted from system log table schemas. Required for S3-backed system logs.	`false`

Example

<clickhouse>
    <asynchronous_insert_log>
        <database>system</database>
        <table>asynchronous_insert_log</table>
        <flush_interval_milliseconds>7500</flush_interval_milliseconds>
        <partition_by>toYYYYMM(event_date)</partition_by>
        <max_size_rows>1048576</max_size_rows>
        <reserved_size_rows>8192</reserved_size_rows>
        <buffer_size_rows_flush_threshold>524288</buffer_size_rows_flush_threshold>
        <flush_on_crash>false</flush_on_crash>
        <!-- <engine>Engine = MergeTree PARTITION BY event_date ORDER BY event_time TTL event_date + INTERVAL 30 day</engine> -->
    </asynchronous_insert_log>
</clickhouse>

asynchronous_metric_log

Enabled by default on ClickHouse Cloud deployments. If the setting is not enabled by default on your environment, depending on how ClickHouse was installed, you can follow the instruction below to enable or disable it. Enabling To manually turn on asynchronous metric logs history collection for system.asynchronous_metric_log, see the system table reference and create /etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/asynchronous_metric_log.xml with the following content:

<clickhouse>
     <asynchronous_metric_log>
        <database>system</database>
        <table>asynchronous_metric_log</table>
        <flush_interval_milliseconds>7500</flush_interval_milliseconds>
        <collect_interval_milliseconds>1000</collect_interval_milliseconds>
        <max_size_rows>1048576</max_size_rows>
        <reserved_size_rows>8192</reserved_size_rows>
        <buffer_size_rows_flush_threshold>524288</buffer_size_rows_flush_threshold>
        <flush_on_crash>false</flush_on_crash>
    </asynchronous_metric_log>
</clickhouse>

Disabling To disable asynchronous_metric_log setting, you should create the following file /etc/clickhouse-server/config.d/disable_asynchronous_metric_log.xml with the following content:

<clickhouse><asynchronous_metric_log remove="1" /></clickhouse>

The following settings can be configured by sub-tags:

Setting	Description	Default	Note
`database`	Name of the database.
`table`	Name of the system table.
`engine`	MergeTree Engine Definition for a system table.		Cannot be used if `partition_by` or `order_by` defined. If not specified `MergeTree` is selected by default
`partition_by`	Custom partitioning key for a system table.		If `engine` is specified for system table, `partition_by` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`ttl`	Specifies the table TTL.		If `engine` is specified for system table, `ttl` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`order_by`	Custom sorting key for a system table. Can’t be used if `engine` defined.		If `engine` is specified for system table, `order_by` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`storage_policy`	Name of the storage policy to use for the table (optional).		If `engine` is specified for system table, `storage_policy` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`settings`	Additional parameters that control the behavior of the MergeTree (optional).		If `engine` is specified for system table, `settings` parameter should be specified directly inside ‘engine’
`flush_interval_milliseconds`	Interval for flushing data from the buffer in memory to the table.	`7500`
`max_size_rows`	Maximal size in lines for the logs. When the amount of non-flushed logs reaches the max_size, logs are dumped to the disk.	`1048576`
`reserved_size_rows`	Pre-allocated memory size in lines for the logs.	`8192`
`buffer_size_rows_flush_threshold`	Threshold for amount of lines. If the threshold is reached, flushing logs to the disk is launched in background.	`max_size_rows / 2`
`flush_on_crash`	Sets whether logs should be dumped to the disk in case of a crash.	`false`

Additionally, the following server-level setting controls the default flush policy for all system log tables:

<default_system_log_flush_policy>
    <skip_alias_columns>true</skip_alias_columns>
</default_system_log_flush_policy>

Setting	Description	Default
`skip_alias_columns`	When `true`, ALIAS columns are omitted from system log table schemas. Required for S3-backed system logs.	`false`

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