Database Options
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Introduction
Tyk Dashboard requires a persistent datastore for its operations. By default MongoDB is used. From Tyk v4.0, we also support PostgreSQL.
MongoDB Supported Versions and Drop-in Replacement
MongoDB is our default storage option. We support the following versions:
- MongoDB 4.4.x (with mgo driver)
- MongoDB 4.4.x, 5.0.x, 6.0.x, 7.0.x (with mongo-go driver).
Note: mongo-go driver is available from Tyk 5.0.2.
MongoDB 3.x to 4.2.x
mgo driver works with MongoDB 3.x to 4.2.x too, but we no longer test MongoDB versions prior to 4.4 since they are EOL
You can also use the following as a drop-in replacement for MongoDB:
- Amazon DocumentDB 3.6 and 4 engine
- Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB 3.6 and 4 engine
Configuring MongoDB
Please check here for MongoDB driver and production configurations.
PostgreSQL Supported Versions and Drop-in Replacement
From Tyk 4.0, you can use PostgreSQL as your datastore. We support the following versions:
- PostgreSQL version 11.x, 12.x, 13.x, 14.x, 15.x
You can also use the following as a drop in replacement for PostgreSQL:
Note
In a production environment, we only support the PostgreSQL versions listed above.
For POC, you can also use the following as replacement:
- SQLite 3.x
Configuring PostgreSQL
Please check here for production configurations.
See the following pages for configuring your SQL installation with Tyk:
All data stored in SQL platforms will be identical to our existing MongoDB support.
Which platform should you use?
We recommend the following:
- For PoC installations, you can use any of the following platforms (SQLite, PostgreSQL or MongoDB).
- For production installations, we only support MongoDB or PostgreSQL