# Using SQLite By default, Opengist uses SQLite as the database backend. Because SQLite is a file-based database, there is not much configuration to tweak. The configuration `db-uri`/`OG_DB_URI` refers to the path of the SQLite database file relative in the `$opengist-home/` directory (default `opengist.db`), although it can be left untouched. You can also use an absolute path outside the `$opengist-home/` directory. The SQLite journal mode is set to [`WAL` (Write-Ahead Logging)](https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_journal_mode) by default and can be changed. #### YAML ```yaml # default db-uri: opengist.db sqlite.journal-mode: WAL # absolute path outside the $opengist-home/ directory db-uri: file:/home/user/opengist.db ``` #### Environment variable ```sh # default OG_DB_URI=opengist.db OG_SQLITE_JOURNAL_MODE=WAL ``` ### Docker Compose ```yml services: opengist: image: ghcr.io/thomiceli/opengist:1 container_name: opengist restart: unless-stopped ports: - "6157:6157" # HTTP port - "2222:2222" # SSH port, can be removed if you don't use SSH volumes: - "$HOME/.opengist:/opengist" environment: OG_SQLITE_JOURNAL_MODE: WAL # other configuration options ```