Where is the database stored in surrealDB?

Question

It doesn't say in the documentation.

Answer 1

It really depends on how you run the database.

If you are using the cli and run the database via surreal start, the database runs in-memory per default. So the the data is not stored persistently anywhere.

You can manually provide a path to determine where the data is stored.

surreal start file://./surrealDB

Valid values for path are

• memory to store the data in-memory
• file://<path> to store the data in the specified path
• tikv://<addr> to store the data in a TiKV database

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Answer 2

Tobias is right, I'll just add this official link for future-proofness.

The usage is indeed like this

surreal start [OPTIONS] [--] [path]

With path being optional and having memory as a default

Can be one of memory, file://<path>, tikv://<addr>

<path>    Database path used for storing data [default: memory]

When starting the server, you'll also notice where it effectively runs by checking the console

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That could also be useful to discover more useful params for the CLI like -u or -p.