_install-self-hosted-archlinux-based.md

ArchLinux packages are built by the community.

1. Install the latest $PG and $TIMESCALE_DB packages

   sudo pacman -Syu timescaledb timescaledb-tune postgresql-libs

2. Initalize your $PG instance

   sudo -u postgres initdb --locale=en_US.UTF-8 --encoding=UTF8 -D /var/lib/postgres/data --data-checksums

3. Tune your $PG instance for TimescaleDB

   sudo timescaledb-tune

   This script is included with the timescaledb-tools package when you install TimescaleDB. For more information, see configuration.

4. Enable and start $PG

   sudo systemctl enable postgresql.service
   sudo systemctl start postgresql.service

5. Log in to $PG as postgres

   sudo -u postgres psql

   You are in the psql shell.

6. Set the password for postgres

   \password postgres

   When you have set the password, type \q to exit psql.