Once connected to the instance use the standard PostgreSQL psql client to connect to BrytlytDB by typing psql on the command line.
psql
ubuntu=#


You are connected to the cluster. View the nodes of the cluster by querying the contents of the catalogue.

ubuntu=# select node_name, node_port, node_host from pgxc_node;
node_name | node_port | node_host
---------+-------------+-----------
c0       |      5432            | localhost
d0       |     15432          | 127.0.0.1
(2 rows)

All the standard psql switches are available, including \timing to provide query runtime times and \q will disconnect and quit the psql client.

ubuntu=# \timing
Timing is on.
ubuntu=# \q >

BrytlytDB services can be viewed using the ps command.

 >ps aux    |      grep data
brytlyt            1854 /usr/local/brytlyt/bin/gtm -D /usr/local/data/g0
brytlyt            1855 /usr/local/brytlyt/bin/postgres --coordinator -D /usr/local/data/c0
brytlyt            1856 /usr/local/brytlyt/bin/postgres --datanode -D /usr/local/data/d0
ubuntu             grep --color=auto data

On instance launch, six storage disks are configured as a RAID 0 array and mounted at /usr/local/data. This is the best place to stage data for loading to the cluster. Note: the brytlyt user is the owner of this folder.

Create a table using line item from the TPC-H benchmark.

CREATE FOREIGN TABLE lineitem
( l_orderkey      INT,
  l_partkey       INT,
  l_suppkey       INT,
  l_linenumber    INT,
  l_quantity      REAL,
  l_extendedprice REAL,
  l_discount      REAL,
  l_tax           REAL,
  l_returnflag    VARCHAR(1),
  l_linestatus    VARCHAR(1),
  l_shipdate      TIMESTAMP,
  l_commitdate    TIMESTAMP,
  l_receiptdate   TIMESTAMP,
  L_shipinstruct  VARCHAR(25),
  l_shipmode      VARCHAR(10),
  l_comment       VARCHAR(44)
) SERVER gm_fdw_server OPTIONS (max_size '6001215')
DISTRIBUTE BY HASH (L_ORDERKEY);

Import data using the COPY command

COPY lineitem FROM '/usr/local/data/lineitem.tbl' WITH (DELIMITER '|');

Run some simple queries

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM lineitem;

SELECT
l_returnflag                                         ,
l_linestatus                                         ,
SUM(l_quantity)                                      sum_qty,
SUM(l_extendedprice)                                 sum_base_price,
SUM (l_extendedprice*(1-l_discount))                 sum_disc_price,
SUM (l_extendedprice*(1-l_discount)*(1+l_tax))       sum_charge,
AVG(l_quantity) avg_qty, AVG (l_extendedprice)       avg_price,
AVG (l_discount)                                     avg_disc,
COUNT(*)                                             count_order
FROM
lineitem
GROUP BY
l_returnflag,
l_linestatus
ORDER BY
l_returnflag,
l_linestatus