1
0
mirror of https://github.com/ipfs/kubo.git synced 2025-08-06 19:44:01 +08:00
Files
kubo/docs/datastores.md
2019-08-28 13:43:39 -07:00

84 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown

# Datastore Configuration Options
This document describes the different possible values for the `Datastore.Spec`
field in the ipfs configuration file.
## flatfs
Stores each key value pair as a file on the filesystem.
The shardFunc is prefixed with `/repo/flatfs/shard/v1` then followed by a descriptor of the sharding strategy. Some example values are:
- `/repo/flatfs/shard/v1/next-to-last/2`
- Shards on the two next to last characters of the key
- `/repo/flatfs/shard/v1/prefix/2`
- Shards based on the two character prefix of the key
```json
{
"type": "flatfs",
"path": "<relative path within repo for flatfs root>",
"shardFunc": "<a descriptor of the sharding scheme>",
"sync": true|false
}
```
NOTE: flatfs should only be used as a block store (mounted at `/blocks`) as the
current implementation is not complete.
## levelds
Uses a leveldb database to store key value pairs.
```json
{
"type": "levelds",
"path": "<location of db inside repo>",
"compression": "none" | "snappy",
}
```
## badgerds
Uses [badger](https://github.com/dgraph-io/badger) as a key value store.
* `syncWrites`: Flush every write to disk before continuing. Disabling this option may leave your datastore in an inconsistent state after a crash.
* `truncate`: Truncate the DB if a partially written sector is found (defaults to true). This only happens if a IPFS crashes half-way through a write so this option is usually safe to leave on.
```json
{
"type": "badgerds",
"path": "<location of badger inside repo>",
"syncWrites": true|false,
"truncate": true|false,
}
```
## mount
Allows specified datastores to handle keys prefixed with a given path.
The mountpoints are added as keys within the child datastore definitions.
```json
{
"type": "mount",
"mounts": [
{
// Insert other datastore definition here, but add the following key:
"mountpoint": "/path/to/handle"
},
{
// Insert other datastore definition here, but add the following key:
"mountpoint": "/path/to/handle"
},
]
}
```
## measure
This datastore is a wrapper that adds metrics tracking to any datastore.
```json
{
"type": "measure",
"prefix": "sometag.datastore",
"child": { datastore being wrapped }
}
```