ULID service

Lexicographically sortable ids from a millisecond timestamp plus randomness.

Provider: default
Kind: ID generator
Category: Data
Official docs: https://github.com/ulid/spec

Properties · 5 set by this component

property	type	values	required	kind default	this component
batchSize	integer	—	no	—	inherited
central	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
clockRollbackGuard · advanced	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
managed	boolean	—	no	false	inherited
monotonic · component property	boolean	—	no	true	inherited
replicated	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
strategy	enum	uuid \| ulid \| snowflake \| counter \| counter-batched \| hash	yes	—	▸ ulid
timeSortable	boolean	—	no	false	▸ true

Rules that apply · 0

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Use it in a design

nodes:
  - { id: "ulid-service", component: "ulid-service" }

Other ID generator products · 4

Generic ID generatorid-generatorid-generator Snowflake IDsnowflake-idid-generator Ticket serverticket-serverid-generator UUID generatoruuid-generatorid-generator

Source

1# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
2# ULID generation: 48-bit millisecond timestamp plus randomness, lexicographically sortable;
3# monotonic only within the same millisecond, no guard against clock rollback.
4schemaVersion: "1"
5type: "component"
6id: "ulid-service"
7kind: "id-generator"
8provider: "default"
9docs: "https://github.com/ulid/spec"
10defaults:
11  strategy: "ulid"
12  central: false
13  replicated: false
14  timeSortable: true
15  clockRollbackGuard: false
16properties:
17  monotonic:
18    type: "boolean"
19    default: true

The same page as markdown, for an agent: /catalogue/components/ulid-service.md