๐ Multi-cluster PostgreSQL manager for Node.js with TypeScript support. Features read/write splitting, intelligent load balancing, distributed caching, database migrations, health monitoring, and seamless multi-schema operations.
npm install pg-multiversebash
Core library
npm install pg-multiverse
Optional: For TypeScript migration support
npm install ts-node
Optional: CLI tools
npm install -g pg-multiverse
or use: npx pgm
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`typescript
import { PgMultiverse } from 'pg-multiverse';
// Define your data types
interface User {
id: number;
email: string;
name: string;
active: boolean;
}
// Initialize with cluster configuration
const postgres = new PgMultiverse({
enableCache: true,
enableMetrics: true,
enableTransactions: true
});
await postgres.initialize({
users_cluster: {
schemas: ['users', 'auth'],
primary: {
host: 'primary.db.com',
port: 5432,
database: 'app_users',
user: 'postgres',
password: 'password'
},
replicas: [{
host: 'replica.db.com',
port: 5432,
database: 'app_users',
user: 'postgres',
password: 'password'
}]
}
});
// Type-safe queries with automatic cluster routing
const users = await postgres.query(
'SELECT * FROM users WHERE active = $1',
[true],
{
schema: 'users', // Auto-routes to users_cluster
cache: true, // Cache results
cacheTtl: 300000 // 5 minute cache
}
);
// users.rows is automatically typed as User[]
users.rows.forEach(user => {
console.log( ${user.name} <${user.email}>);
});
`
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`typescript
// Enable migrations
const postgres = new PgMultiverse({
enableMigrations: true,
migrations: {
migrationsPath: './migrations',
autoCreateMigrationsTable: true,
},
});
await postgres.initialize(config);
// Run pending migrations
await postgres.migrate();
// Check migration status
const status = await postgres.getMigrationStatus();
console.log(Applied: ${status.appliedMigrations}, Pending: ${status.pendingMigrations});
// Rollback last migration
await postgres.rollback({ steps: 1 });
`
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`typescript
// Cross-cluster transactions
await postgres.withTransaction(['users', 'orders'], async (tx) => {
// Update user in users_cluster
await tx.query(
'UPDATE users SET last_order = NOW() WHERE id = $1',
[userId],
{ schema: 'users' }
);
// Create order in orders_cluster
const order = await tx.query(
'INSERT INTO orders (user_id, total) VALUES ($1, $2) RETURNING *',
[userId, total],
{ schema: 'orders' }
);
return order.rows[0];
});
`
๐ Documentation
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#### Multi-Cluster Architecture
PG Multiverse manages multiple PostgreSQL clusters, each handling specific schemas:
`typescript
const clusterConfig = {
// User data cluster
users_cluster: {
schemas: ['users', 'profiles', 'auth'],
primary: { / primary connection / },
replicas: [{ / replica connections / }],
readPreference: 'replica',
consistencyLevel: 'eventual'
},
// Commerce cluster
commerce_cluster: {
schemas: ['products', 'orders', 'payments'],
primary: { / primary connection / },
readPreference: 'primary',
consistencyLevel: 'strong'
}
};
`
#### Load Balancing Strategies
1. Round Robin (default) - Distributes requests evenly
2. Weighted - Routes based on server weights
3. Least Connections - Prefers servers with fewer active connections
4. Response Time - Routes to fastest responding servers
5. Health Aware - Combines multiple metrics for intelligent routing
`typescript
{
loadBalancing: {
strategy: 'health_aware',
weights: {
'replica_1': 2,
'replica_2': 1
},
healthThreshold: 80
}
}
`
#### Caching System
Built-in distributed caching with multiple invalidation strategies:
`typescript
// Cache with automatic invalidation
await postgres.query('SELECT * FROM products', [], {
schema: 'products',
cache: true,
cacheTtl: 1800000, // 30 minutes
cacheKey: 'all_products',
tags: ['products', 'catalog'] // For bulk invalidation
});
// Invalidate cache
await postgres.invalidateCache({
schema: 'products'
});
await postgres.invalidateCache({
tags: ['products', 'inventory']
});
`
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#### Core Methods
`typescript
class PgMultiverse {
// Initialize with cluster configuration
async initialize(config: ClusterConfiguration): Promise
// Execute type-safe queries
async query(sql: string, params?: any[], options?: QueryOptions): Promise>
// Distributed transactions
async withTransaction(schemas: string[], callback: TransactionCallback): Promise
// Database migrations
async migrate(options?: MigrationExecutionOptions): Promise
async rollback(options?: MigrationRollbackOptions): Promise
async getMigrationStatus(): Promise
async createMigration(name: string, options: MigrationCreateOptions): Promise
getMigrations(): Migration[]
addMigration(migration: Migration): void
getMigrationManager(): MigrationManager
// Health and metrics
async healthCheck(): Promise
getMetrics(): SystemMetrics
// Cache management
async invalidateCache(criteria: InvalidationCriteria): Promise
// Lifecycle
async close(): Promise
}
`
#### Configuration Options
`typescript
interface MultiClusterConfig {
enableCache?: boolean; // Enable distributed caching
enableMetrics?: boolean; // Collect performance metrics
enableTransactions?: boolean; // Enable distributed transactions
enableMigrations?: boolean; // Enable database migrations
cache?: {
maxSize?: number; // Max cache entries (1000)
ttl?: number; // Default TTL in ms (300000)
enableCompression?: boolean; // Compress large entries
};
migrations?: {
migrationsPath?: string; // Path to migration files (./migrations)
migrationsTable?: string; // Control table name
lockTable?: string; // Locking table name
autoCreateMigrationsTable?: boolean; // Auto-create control tables
validateChecksums?: boolean; // Validate migration integrity
allowOutOfOrder?: boolean; // Require sequential execution
lockTimeout?: number; // Lock timeout in ms (60000)
batchSize?: number; // Batch size for parallel execution
logger?: MigrationLogger; // Custom logger instance
};
cluster?: {
healthCheckInterval?: number; // Health check frequency (30000ms)
retryAttempts?: number; // Connection retry attempts (3)
maxFailuresBeforeMarkDown?: number; // Failures before marking down (3)
};
}
`
๐๏ธ Database Migrations
PG Multiverse includes a powerful migration system that supports multi-cluster and multi-schema databases with both TypeScript and JavaScript.
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`typescript
const postgres = new PgMultiverse({
enableMigrations: true,
migrations: {
migrationsPath: './migrations', // Path to migration files
migrationsTable: 'pg_multiverse_migrations', // Control table name
lockTable: 'pg_multiverse_migration_locks', // Locking table name
autoCreateMigrationsTable: true, // Auto-create control tables
validateChecksums: true, // Validate migration integrity
allowOutOfOrder: false, // Require sequential execution
lockTimeout: 60000, // Lock timeout in ms
batchSize: 100, // Batch size for parallel execution
logger: customLogger // Custom logger instance
}
});
`
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#### TypeScript Migrations
`typescript
// migrations/20241230120000_create_users.ts
import { Migration, MigrationContext } from 'pg-multiverse';
const migration: Migration = {
version: '20241230120000_create_users',
name: 'create_users',
description: 'Create users table with profiles',
targetSchemas: ['users', 'auth'],
targetClusters: ['users_cluster'], // Optional: specific clusters
dependencies: ['20241230110000_create_base'], // Optional: dependencies
tags: ['users', 'initial'], // Optional: tags for organization
createdAt: new Date(),
async up(context: MigrationContext): Promise {
context.logger.info( Creating users table in ${context.schema});
// Type-safe query execution
await context.query(
);
// Insert seed data
await context.query(
, ['admin@example.com', 'Admin', 'user@example.com', 'User']);
context.logger.info('Users table created successfully');
},
async down(context: MigrationContext): Promise {
context.logger.info( Dropping users table from ${context.schema});
await context.query(DROP TABLE IF EXISTS users);
context.logger.info('Users table dropped successfully');
}
};
export default migration;
`
#### JavaScript Migrations
`javascript
// migrations/20241230130000_add_profiles.js
const migration = {
version: '20241230130000_add_profiles',
name: 'add_profiles',
description: 'Add user profiles functionality',
targetSchemas: ['users'],
createdAt: new Date(),
async up(context) {
await context.query(
);
},
async down(context) {
await context.query(DROP TABLE IF EXISTS profiles);
}
};
module.exports = migration;
`
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#### Running Migrations
`typescript
// Run all pending migrations
await postgres.migrate();
// Run migrations with options
await postgres.migrate({
targetVersion: '20241230120000_create_users', // Run up to specific version
targetSchemas: ['users', 'auth'], // Specific schemas only
targetClusters: ['users_cluster'], // Specific clusters only
dryRun: true, // Show what would run without executing
parallel: true, // Run in parallel where possible
maxParallel: 4, // Max parallel executions
continueOnError: false, // Stop on first error
});
// Run with detailed progress monitoring
postgres.getMigrationManager().on('migrationStarted', (data) => {
console.log(โก Starting: ${data.name} on ${data.schema}@${data.cluster});
});
postgres.getMigrationManager().on('migrationCompleted', (data) => {
console.log(โ
Completed: ${data.name} (${data.duration}ms));
});
`
#### Rollback Operations
`typescript
// Rollback last migration
await postgres.rollback({ steps: 1 });
// Rollback to specific version
await postgres.rollback({
targetVersion: '20241230110000_create_base',
targetSchemas: ['users'],
dryRun: true // Preview rollback without executing
});
// Rollback with error handling
try {
await postgres.rollback({ steps: 2, force: true });
} catch (error) {
console.error('Rollback failed:', error.message);
}
`
#### Migration Status and Management
`typescript
// Get comprehensive status
const status = await postgres.getMigrationStatus();
console.log(Total: ${status.totalMigrations});
console.log(Applied: ${status.appliedMigrations});
console.log(Pending: ${status.pendingMigrations});
// Status by schema
Object.entries(status.bySchema).forEach(([schema, stats]) => {
console.log(${schema}: ${stats.applied} applied, ${stats.pending} pending);
if (stats.lastApplied) {
console.log( Last applied: ${stats.lastApplied});
}
});
// Status by cluster
Object.entries(status.byCluster).forEach(([cluster, stats]) => {
console.log(${cluster}: ${stats.applied} applied, ${stats.pending} pending);
});
// List all available migrations
const migrations = postgres.getMigrations();
migrations.forEach(migration => {
console.log(${migration.version}: ${migration.name});
console.log( Schemas: ${migration.targetSchemas.join(', ')});
console.log( Description: ${migration.description});
});
`
#### Creating Migration Files
`typescript
// Create new migration file
const filePath = await postgres.createMigration('add_user_permissions', {
targetSchemas: ['users', 'auth'],
targetClusters: ['users_cluster'],
description: 'Add user permissions and roles system',
tags: ['permissions', 'security']
});
console.log(Migration created: ${filePath});
`
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Install the CLI globally or use npx:
`bash
npm install -g pg-multiverse
or use npx pg-multiverse
`
#### CLI Commands
`bash
Create a new migration
pgm create add_user_roles --schemas users,auth --description "Add role-based permissions"
Run migrations
pgm migrate # Run all pending
pgm migrate --target 20241230120000 # Run up to specific version
pgm migrate --schemas users,products # Specific schemas only
pgm migrate --parallel # Run in parallel
pgm migrate --dry-run # Preview without executing
Check status
pgm status # Overall status
pgm status --schemas users # Schema-specific status
pgm status --verbose # Detailed information
Rollback migrations
pgm rollback --steps 1 # Rollback last migration
pgm rollback --target 20241230110000 # Rollback to specific version
pgm rollback --dry-run # Preview rollback
List migrations
pgm list # Show all migrations
pgm list --verbose # Show detailed information
Global options
pgm --config config.json # Use custom config file
pgm --migrations ./db/migrations # Custom migrations path
pgm --verbose # Verbose output
`
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#### Cross-Cluster Dependencies
`typescript
const migration: Migration = {
version: '20241230150000_create_orders',
name: 'create_orders',
targetSchemas: ['orders'],
dependencies: ['20241230120000_create_users'], // Users must exist first
async up(context) {
// Reference data from other clusters is handled automatically
await context.query(
);
}
};
`
#### Conditional Migrations
`typescript
const migration: Migration = {
version: '20241230160000_conditional_update',
name: 'conditional_update',
targetSchemas: ['users'],
async up(context) {
// Check if column exists before adding
const result = await context.query(
);
if (result.rows.length === 0) {
await context.query(
);
context.logger.info('Added last_login column');
} else {
context.logger.info('last_login column already exists, skipping');
}
}
};
`
#### Data Migrations with Batching
`typescript
const migration: Migration = {
version: '20241230170000_migrate_user_data',
name: 'migrate_user_data',
targetSchemas: ['users'],
async up(context) {
// Process large datasets in batches
let offset = 0;
const batchSize = 1000;
let hasMore = true;
while (hasMore) {
const users = await context.query(
, [batchSize, offset]);
if (users.rows.length === 0) {
hasMore = false;
break;
}
// Process batch
for (const user of users.rows) {
await context.query(
, [processOldField(user.old_field), user.id]);
}
offset += batchSize;
context.logger.info(Processed ${offset} users);
}
}
};
`
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#### 1. Naming Convention
`
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS_descriptive_name.ts
20241230120000_create_users_table.ts
20241230130000_add_user_permissions.ts
20241230140000_migrate_legacy_data.ts
`
#### 2. Schema Organization
- Group related tables in the same migration
- Use descriptive names and comments
- Always provide rollback functionality
#### 3. Production Safety
`typescript
// Always test with dry-run first
await postgres.migrate({ dryRun: true });
// Use transactions for complex migrations
const migration: Migration = {
async up(context) {
await context.query('BEGIN');
try {
await context.query('-- complex operations');
await context.query('COMMIT');
} catch (error) {
await context.query('ROLLBACK');
throw error;
}
}
};
`
#### 4. Error Handling
`typescript
// Comprehensive error handling
postgres.getMigrationManager().on('migrationFailed', (data) => {
console.error(โ Migration ${data.name} failed:, data.error.message);
// Send alerts, log to monitoring system, etc.
});
`
๐๏ธ Advanced Usage
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`typescript
{
orders_cluster: {
schemas: ['orders'],
sharding: {
strategy: 'hash',
key: 'user_id',
partitions: 4
},
primary: { / config / },
replicas: [
{ / shard 1 replica / },
{ / shard 2 replica / },
{ / shard 3 replica / },
{ / shard 4 replica / }
]
}
}
`
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`typescript
// Register schemas at runtime
postgres.registerSchema('analytics', 'analytics_cluster', {
cacheStrategy: 'aggressive',
priority: 3
});
// Query the new schema
const events = await postgres.query(
'SELECT * FROM events WHERE date > $1',
[startDate],
{ schema: 'analytics' }
);
`
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`typescript
// Monitor cluster health
postgres.on('clusterDown', ({ clusterId, reason }) => {
console.error(Cluster ${clusterId} is down: ${reason});
// Trigger alerts, logging, etc.
});
postgres.on('clusterRecovered', ({ clusterId, downtime }) => {
console.log(Cluster ${clusterId} recovered after ${downtime}ms);
});
// Monitor cache performance
postgres.on('cacheHit', ({ key, schema }) => {
console.log(Cache hit for ${key} in schema ${schema});
});
// Monitor query performance
postgres.on('queryExecuted', ({ duration, clusterId }) => {
if (duration > 1000) {
console.warn(Slow query detected: ${duration}ms on ${clusterId});
}
});
`
๐งช Testing
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`bash
npm test
`
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`bash
With real PostgreSQL instances
npm run test:integration
`
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`bash
npm run test:coverage
`
๐ Monitoring & Metrics
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`typescript
const metrics = postgres.getMetrics();
console.log(Total Queries: ${metrics.totalQueries});
console.log(Average Response Time: ${metrics.avgResponseTime}ms);
console.log(Error Rate: ${metrics.errorRate}%);
// Per-cluster metrics
Object.entries(metrics.clusters).forEach(([clusterId, stats]) => {
console.log(${clusterId}: ${stats.queries.total} queries, ${stats.connections.active} active connections);
});
// Cache performance
if (metrics.cache) {
console.log(Cache Hit Rate: ${(metrics.cache.hitRate * 100).toFixed(2)}%);
console.log(Cache Size: ${metrics.cache.itemCount} items);
}
`
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`typescript
const health = await postgres.healthCheck();
Object.entries(health).forEach(([clusterId, status]) => {
console.log(${clusterId}: ${status.healthy ? 'โ
' : 'โ'} (${status.responseTime}ms));
if (!status.healthy) {
console.error(Error: ${status.error});
console.log(Failure Count: ${status.failureCount});
}
});
`
๐ Performance
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| Feature | Performance |
|---------|-------------|
| Connection Pooling | 10,000+ concurrent connections |
| Query Caching | 95%+ cache hit rates |
| Load Balancing | Sub-1ms routing overhead |
| Health Checks | 30s intervals, <5ms latency |
| Failover Time | <2s automatic recovery |
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1. Connection Tuning
`typescript
{
connectionPool: {
min: 5, // Always keep 5 connections warm
max: 50, // Scale up to 50 under load
warmupConnections: true
}
}
`
2. Cache Optimization
`typescript
{
cache: {
maxSize: 10000, // Increase for high-traffic apps
enableCompression: true, // Save memory on large results
compressionThreshold: 1024
}
}
`
3. Health Check Tuning
`typescript
{
cluster: {
healthCheckInterval: 15000, // More frequent checks
maxFailuresBeforeMarkDown: 5 // More resilient to transient issues
}
}
`
๐ Use Cases
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- User Cluster: customers, profiles, authentication
- Catalog Cluster: products, categories, inventory
- Order Cluster: orders, payments, shipping
- Analytics Cluster: events, metrics, reports
- Schema Evolution: Coordinated migrations across all clusters
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- Tenant Isolation: Separate clusters per tier
- Shared Services: Common clusters for billing, analytics
- Geographic Distribution: Region-specific clusters
- Rolling Updates: Zero-downtime schema migrations per tenant
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- Service Isolation: One cluster per microservice
- Cross-service Transactions: Distributed transactions
- Centralized Monitoring: Unified metrics and health
- Independent Deployments: Service-specific migration management
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- OLTP/OLAP Separation: Transactional vs analytical workloads
- Read Scaling: Multiple read replicas
- Cache Optimization: Aggressive caching for hot data
- Data Pipeline Management: Automated migrations for ETL processes
๐ฆ Migration Guide
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`typescript
// Before: Direct pg usage
import { Pool } from 'pg';
const pool = new Pool({ / config / });
const result = await pool.query('SELECT * FROM users');
// After: PG Multiverse with type safety
import { PgMultiverse } from 'pg-multiverse';
const postgres = new PgMultiverse();
await postgres.initialize(config);
const result = await postgres.query('SELECT * FROM users');
`
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1. Start with single cluster
2. Add read replicas
3. Introduce schema-based routing
4. Scale to multiple clusters
๐ค Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide.
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`bash
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/andeerc/pg-multiverse.git
cd pg-multiverse
Install dependencies
npm install
Run tests
npm test
Build the project
npm run build
``