How Dittofeed writes data from its API layer to ClickHouse.
WRITE_MODE
environment variable. These modes determine how Dittofeed writes data from its API layer to ClickHouse.
ch-async
(default): This mode writes data to ClickHouse directly and asynchronously. Enables the following underlying settings in Dittofeed’s ClickHouse client:
async_insert
wait_for_async_insert
wait_end_of_query
kafka
: This mode buffers data in Kafka before writing it to ClickHouse. This mode is useful when you have a high volume of data and want to avoid overwhelming ClickHouse. For more information, see the Kafka Write Mode page.