[Feature Request] Ability to use GCloud MySQL as database

[HamiltonWang]

Google Cloud is getting popular these days, is it possible to include GCLoud MySQL as one of the supported database? Thanks a lot.

[jhuckaby]

Thanks for the feature request! Unfortunately, Cronicle wasn't designed to use a relational database. It's really only meant to use a key/value store, like a NoSQL DB or a filesystem, which can store both JSON records and huge binary files (up to 100MB or more). MySQL just isn't meant for this kind of thing.

If Google's cloud has a service similar to Amazon's S3, that might be more suitable. Unfortunately I don't know anything about G's service offering.

[HamiltonWang]

I see your point. How about MongoDB or Redis? Or something that is free?

[jhuckaby]

Yup! Someone has already submitted a PR for MongoDB support:

jhuckaby/pixl-server-storage#1

I need to find the time to install MongoDB and test this, then I can accept it. Redis is also on my TODO list.

[HamiltonWang]

Good! thanks!

[tushar9953]

Hi @jhuckaby

Any plans for MongoDB?