chartio 6.0.1

Setup wizard and connection client for connecting MySQL/PostgreSQL databases to Chartio

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Chartio
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Chartio utilities for providing read-only user local database access.

Version 6.0.1


Introduction
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This project permits Chartio customers to provide database access by
opening an SSH reverse tunnel from a Chartio server to the customer
database.

Errors, comments, questions may be sent to support at chartio.com


Requirements
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Requires a read-only database role and a local SSH client. Requires JSON
support (Python 2.6 or Python 2.5 and simplejson).

Supported Databases
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MySQL
Oracle
PostgreSQL
Amazon Redshift


Installation
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To install, type::

$ python setup.py install

To uninstall, remove the files
chartio_setup
chartio_connect


Troubleshooting
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The log file
~/.chartio.d/logs/chartio_connect.log
contains information about the chartio_connect process.


Documentation
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Further documentation may be found at https://support.chartio.com/docs/index/


Package Contents
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chartio_setup
The configuration wizard

chartio_connect
A script to keep the SSH tunnel alive


Notable Changes
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Version 6.0.1
- Deprecate chartio_setup

Version 5.0.0
- Add support for PrestoDB
- Remove inline datasource schema refresh. Status can be checked on the website.

Version 4.0.0
- Add support for AmazonRedshift

Version 3.1.0
- Add option to specify the hostname of the database server.

Version 3.0.0
- Backwards incompatible update for new Chartio permissions structure.

Version 2.0.4
- Change the ternary operator to if ... else so that Python 2.4.x does not raise a syntax error.

Version 2.0.3
- Update command-line error handling to work with a MySQL 5.6 Warning

Version 2.0.2
- Copyright, e-mail, and text changes

Version 2.0.1
- Backwards incompatible due to server URL changes

Version 1.1.19
- Correct port type issue

Version 1.1.18
- Specify SSH listen port to override local SSH configuration

Version 1.1.17
- Change domain to chartio.com

Version 1.1.16
- add option to post error information to Chartio

Version 1.1.13
- add Oracle support

Version 1.1.12
- check Chartio version

Version 1.1.7
- permit manual entry of database and readonly user/password

Version 1.1.6
- grant 'SHOW VIEW' access when creating mysql read-only database user
- bug fix for handling of blank database administrator password