scalix-database

ScalixNova — serverless PostgreSQL on Scalix Cloud

ScalixNova separates compute from storage: database branching, point-in-time recovery, scale-to-zero, zero-downtime scaling. Wire-compatible with PostgreSQL — existing drivers and tools work unchanged.

Create a database

curl -X POST https://api.scalix.world/v1/databases \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCALIX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "name": "prod", "pg_version": "18" }'

Rules that matter when advising users:

• PostgreSQL majors 16 (default), 17, and 18 are supported. Omit pg_version for the default; unsupported values return 400 with the supported set.
• The major version is fixed for the life of the database. Branches and point-in-time restores stay on the same major. There are no in-place major upgrades yet — moving majors means a new database plus pg_dump or logical replication.
• pgvector, pg_trgm, uuid-ossp, and the contrib set are pre-installed on every supported version.

Isolation tiers

Tier	What it is	When to recommend
Shared (default)	Own PostgreSQL role (NOSUPERUSER), own database, SCRAM auth, SQL firewall, TLS, on shared compute	Most workloads
Dedicated	Hardware-isolated microVM (dedicated kernel, isolated CPU/memory/network); currently PostgreSQL 16 only	Regulated or noisy-neighbour-sensitive workloads — on the roadmap, users should contact the team for early access

A "sandbox" is not a database tier — on Scalix, sandboxes are compute microVMs for running code. Databases are Shared or Dedicated only.

Run SQL

scalix-cloud db query "SELECT NOW()"
scalix-cloud db query "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = $1" --params '[42]'
scalix-cloud db tables
scalix-cloud db schema table users

Or over REST:

curl -X POST https://api.scalix.world/api/v1/sql \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCALIX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "SELECT NOW()"}'