FeatureBase Data Directory reference

This information is provided as a reference and should not be relied upon for day-to-day operations.

Before you begin

Install FeatureBase Community
Install tree on the target system

Display the data directory

.pilosa is a reference to the original name of the FeatureBase software.

Open a CLI then run the following command:

tree -d -L 3 .pilosa/

Data Directory structure

.pilosa/
├── disco
│   └── member
│       ├── snap
│       └── wal
└── indexes
    ├── fb_views
    │   ├── _keys
    │   ├── backends
    │   ├── dataframes
    │   └── fields
    ├── products
    │   ├── backends
    │   ├── dataframes
    │   └── fields
    ├── repository
    │   ├── backends
    │   ├── dataframes
    │   └── fields
    └── users
        ├── _keys
        ├── backends
        ├── dataframes
        └── fields

File descriptions

These files are found in the .pilosa root.

File	Description	Additional
`startup.log`	Log of FeatureBase version and startup
`idalloc.db`	Stores tracking information for any indexes that are using the ID auto-generation functionality provided in some ingesters.	Ingesting data

`disco` directory

Directory	Description	Additional information
`disco`	Stores etcd data

`indexes` directory

indexes is the main data directory containing a subdirectory for each FeatureBase table

Directory	Description	Additional information
`fb_views`	FeatureBase system table	System tables
`<tablename>/_keys`	A `_keys` directory is created for any index that uses a `string` key and contains a translation file for each partition the FeatureBase node is responsible for
`<tablename>/dataframes`	`Dataframe` is an alternative data format used for general purpose calculation
`<tablename>/fields`	Metadata and key translation (if present) for each field in the table
`<tablename>/backends`	Bitmap data for the table