ClickHouse Install & Auth

Overview

Set up the official ClickHouse client for Node.js or Python and configure authentication to ClickHouse Cloud or a self-hosted instance. The workflow below is the high-level path; each step links to a full walkthrough with complete code in references/implementation.md.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.8+
• A running ClickHouse instance (Cloud or self-hosted)
• Connection credentials (host, port, user, password)

Instructions

Follow these five steps. Read the current project for an existing .env before writing one; write credentials to .env (never commit it).