ClickHouse Reference Architecture

Overview

Production-grade architecture for ClickHouse analytics platforms covering project layout, data flow, multi-tenancy, and operational patterns. Work through the five steps below to get the high-level shape, then drill into the linked reference files for the full DDL, client code, and tenancy trade-offs.

Prerequisites

• Understanding of ClickHouse fundamentals — table engines, ORDER BY sort keys, and partitioning.
• A TypeScript/Node.js project (the client examples use @clickhouse/client).
• When reviewing an existing codebase, Grep for createClient( to locate the current client module and Read the SQL files under clickhouse/schemas/.

Instructions

Step 1: Project Structure