Why use SQLite as a Kloset store
Some environments have no room for a storage server. A laptop, an embedded device or an isolated machine still needs backups, but running and securing a remote backend there adds cost and moving parts.
A SQLite Kloset store keeps everything in one database file on local disk:
- No server: There is no daemon to install, expose or keep running.
- No network dependency: Backups and restores work on machines with no network access at all.
- Simple to manage: The store lives at one path that you choose.
Security and integrity
Every snapshot written to the SQLite store is encrypted and deduplicated by Plakar before it reaches the file. Anyone who reads the database file without the passphrase sees only encrypted data.
Plakar creates the database file readable and writable only by the user who created the store, so other local users cannot read it.
Snapshots can be browsed, searched and verified with the CLI or the UI without running a full restore.
How Plakar uses SQLite
The SQLite integration provides a store connector:
- Store Connector: Host a Kloset store in a SQLite database file. Back up any source Plakar supports into it, from local directories to databases and cloud services, and restore from it to any destination.
