Delete a datastore

A delete removes the container and its volume. You lose the data, and there is no undo.

Terminal

ferry db rm app-db

A datastore is one container and one volume.

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There is no undo

The command removes the container and its volume. Back up the data first.

If a service uses the datastore

Ferry refuses, and lists each service that has a reference to the datastore.

Terminal

error: still in use — re-run with --force to delete it anyway: datastore 'app-db' is referenced by service 'api' (DATABASE_URL); they would fail to deploy or restart without it. Remove the references first, or delete with force=true (conflict)

Remove the references first. Or delete the datastore anyway:

Terminal

ferry db rm app-db --force

Then those services fail at their next deploy or restart.

Back up a datastore

Ferry makes no backup of a datastore. Write the data into a file yourself, on a schedule.

What a datastore cannot do

A datastore is one container. After its creation, you can change only its limits.

Delete a datastore

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