# Tracker Stores

All conversations are stored within a tracker store.
Rasa Open Source provides implementations for different store types out of the box.
If you want to use another store, you can also build a custom tracker store by extending the `TrackerStore` class.

## Contents

- [InMemoryTrackerStore (default)](https://legacy-docs-v1.rasa.com/1.9.6/api/tracker-stores/#inmemorytrackerstore-default)
  
- [SQLTrackerStore](https://legacy-docs-v1.rasa.com/1.9.6/api/tracker-stores/#sqltrackerstore)
  
- [RedisTrackerStore](https://legacy-docs-v1.rasa.com/1.9.6/api/tracker-stores/#redistrackerstore)
  
- [MongoTrackerStore](https://legacy-docs-v1.rasa.com/1.9.6/api/tracker-stores/#mongotrackerstore)
  
- [DynamoTrackerStore](https://legacy-docs-v1.rasa.com/1.9.6/api/tracker-stores/#dynamotrackerstore)
  
- [Custom Tracker Store](https://legacy-docs-v1.rasa.com/1.9.6/api/tracker-stores/#custom-tracker-store)

## InMemoryTrackerStore (default)

### Description
`InMemoryTrackerStore` is the default tracker store. It is used if no other tracker store is configured. It stores the conversation history in memory.

### Note
As this store keeps all history in memory, the entire history is lost if you restart the Rasa server.

### Configuration
To use the `InMemoryTrackerStore` no configuration is needed.

## SQLTrackerStore

### Description
`SQLTrackerStore` can be used to store the conversation history in an SQL database. Storing your trackers this way allows you to query the event database by sender_id, timestamp, action name, intent name and typename.

### Configuration
To set up Rasa Open Source with SQL the following steps are required:

1. Add required configuration to your `endpoints.yml`:

```
tracker_store:
    type: SQL
    dialect: "postgresql"  # the dialect used to interact with the db
    url: ""  # (optional) host of the sql db, e.g. "localhost"
    db: "rasa"  # path to your db
    username:  # username used for authentication
    password:  # password used for authentication
    query: # optional dictionary to be added as a query string to the connection URL
      driver: my-driver
```

2. To start the Rasa server using your SQL backend,
add the `--endpoints` flag, e.g.:

```
rasa run -m models --endpoints endpoints.yml
```

3. If deploying your model in Docker Compose, add the service to your `docker-compose.yml`:

```
postgres:
  image: postgres:latest
```

### Parameters
- `domain` (default: `None`): Domain object associated with this tracker store  
- `dialect` (default: `sqlite`): The dialect used to communicate with your SQL backend. Consult the [SQLAlchemy docs](https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/engines.html#database-urls) for available dialects.  
- `url` (default: `None`): URL of your SQL server  
- `port` (default: `None`): Port of your SQL server  
- `db` (default: `rasa.db`): The path to the database to be used  
- `username` (default: `None`): The username which is used for authentication  
- `password` (default: `None`): The password which is used for authentication  
- `event_broker` (default: `None`): Event broker to publish events to  
- `login_db` (default: `None`): Alternative database name to which initially connect, and create the database specified by `db` (PostgreSQL only)  
- `query` (default: `None`): Dictionary of options to be passed to the dialect and/or the DBAPI upon connect

### Officially Compatible Databases
- PostgreSQL  
- Oracle > 11.0  
- SQLite

## RedisTrackerStore

### Description
`RedisTrackerStore` can be used to store the conversation history in [Redis](https://redis.io/). Redis is a fast in-memory key-value store which can optionally also persist data.

### Configuration
To set up Rasa Open Source with Redis the following steps are required:

1. Start your Redis instance  
2. Add required configuration to your `endpoints.yml`:

```
tracker_store:
    type: redis
    url: <url of the redis instance, e.g. localhost>
    port: <port of your redis instance, usually 6379>
    db: <number of your database within redis, e.g. 0>
    password: <password used for authentication>
    use_ssl: <whether or not the communication is encrypted, default `false`>
```

3. To start the Rasa server using your configured Redis instance,
add the `--endpoints` flag, e.g.:

```
rasa run -m models --endpoints endpoints.yml
```

### Parameters
- `url` (default: `localhost`): The url of your redis instance  
- `port` (default: `6379`): The port which redis is running on  
- `db` (default: `0`): The number of your redis database  
- `password` (default: `None`): Password used for authentication (`None` equals no authentication)
- `record_exp` (default: `None`): Record expiry in seconds  
- `use_ssl` (default: `False`): whether or not to use SSL for transit encryption

## MongoTrackerStore

### Description
`MongoTrackerStore` can be used to store the conversation history in [Mongo](https://www.mongodb.com/). MongoDB is a free and open-source cross-platform document-oriented NoSQL database.

### Configuration
1. Start your MongoDB instance.  
2. Add required configuration to your `endpoints.yml`

```
tracker_store:
    type: mongod
    url: <url to your mongo instance, e.g. mongodb://localhost:27017>
    db: <name of the db within your mongo instance, e.g. rasa>
    username: <username used for authentication>
    password: <password used for authentication>
    auth_source: <database name associated with the user’s credentials>
```

3. To start the Rasa server using your configured MongoDB instance,
add the `--endpoints` flag, e.g.:

```
rasa run -m models --endpoints endpoints.yml
```

### Parameters
- `url` (default: `mongodb://localhost:27017`): URL of your MongoDB  
- `db` (default: `rasa`): The database name which should be used  
- `username` (default: `0`): The username which is used for authentication  
- `password` (default: `None`): The password which is used for authentication  
- `auth_source` (default: `admin`): database name associated with the user’s credentials.  
- `collection` (default: `conversations`): The collection name which is used to store the conversations

## DynamoTrackerStore

### Description
`DynamoTrackerStore` can be used to store the conversation history in [DynamoDB](https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/). DynamoDB is a hosted NoSQL database offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

### Configuration
1. Start your DynamoDB instance.  
2. Add required configuration to your `endpoints.yml`:

```
tracker_store:
    type: dynamo
    tablename: <name of the table to create, e.g. rasa>
    region: <name of the region associated with the client>
```

3. To start the Rasa server using your configured `DynamoDB` instance,
add the `--endpoints` flag, e.g.:

```
rasa run -m models --endpoints endpoints.yml
```

### Parameters
- `tablename (default: states)`: name of the DynamoDB table  
- `region` (default: `us-east-1`): name of the region associated with the client

## Custom Tracker Store

### Description
If you require a tracker store which is not available out of the box, you can implement your own. This is done by extending the base class `TrackerStore`.

### Steps
1. Extend the `TrackerStore` base class. Note that your constructor has to provide a parameter `url`.
2. In your `endpoints.yml` put in the module path to your custom tracker store and the parameters you require:

```
tracker_store:
  type: path.to.your.module.Class
  url: localhost
  a_parameter: a value
  another_parameter: another value
```

3. If you are deploying in Docker Compose, you have two options to add this store to Rasa Open Source:
- extending the Rasa image to include the module
- mounting the module as volume

Make sure to add the corresponding service as well. For example, mounting it as a volume would look like so:

`docker-compose.yml`:
```
rasa:
  <existing rasa service configuration>
  volumes:
    - <existing volume mappings, if there are any>
    - ./path/to/your/module.py:/app/path/to/your/module.py
custom-tracker-store:
  image: custom-image:tag
```

`endpoints.yml`:
```
tracker_store:
  type: path.to.your.module.Class
  url: custom-tracker-store
  a_parameter: a value
  another_parameter: another value
```
  
 
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