- Introduction
- Quick Start
- Table Design
- Data Loading
- Overview of data loading
- Load data from a local file system or a streaming data source using HTTP push
- Load data from HDFS or cloud storage
- Routine Load
- Spark Load
- Insert Into
- Change data through loading
- Transform data at loading
- Json Loading
- Synchronize data from MySQL
- Load data by using flink-connector-starrocks
- DataX Writer
- Data Export
- Using StarRocks
- Reference
- SQL Reference
- User Account Management
- Cluster Management
- ADMIN CANCEL REPAIR
- ADMIN CHECK TABLET
- ADMIN REPAIR
- ADMIN SET CONFIG
- ADMIN SET REPLICA STATUS
- ADMIN SHOW CONFIG
- ADMIN SHOW REPLICA DISTRIBUTION
- ADMIN SHOW REPLICA STATUS
- ALTER SYSTEM
- CANCEL DECOMMISSION
- CREATE FILE
- DROP FILE
- INSTALL PLUGIN
- SHOW BACKENDS
- SHOW BROKER
- SHOW FILE
- SHOW FRONTENDS
- SHOW FULL COLUMNS
- SHOW INDEX
- SHOW PLUGINS
- SHOW TABLE STATUS
- UNINSTALL PLUGIN
- DDL
- ALTER DATABASE
- ALTER TABLE
- ALTER VIEW
- BACKUP
- CANCEL BACKUP
- CANCEL RESTORE
- CREATE DATABASE
- CREATE INDEX
- CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW
- CREATE REPOSITORY
- CREATE RESOURCE
- CREATE TABLE AS SELECT
- CREATE TABLE LIKE
- CREATE TABLE
- CREATE VIEW
- CREATE FUNCTION
- DROP DATABASE
- DROP INDEX
- DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW
- DROP REPOSITORY
- DROP RESOURCE
- DROP TABLE
- DROP VIEW
- DROP FUNCTION
- HLL
- RECOVER
- RESTORE
- SHOW RESOURCES
- SHOW FUNCTION
- TRUNCATE TABLE
- DML
- ALTER ROUTINE LOAD
- BROKER LOAD
- CANCEL LOAD
- DELETE
- EXPORT
- GROUP BY
- INSERT
- PAUSE ROUTINE LOAD
- RESUME ROUTINE LOAD
- ROUTINE LOAD
- SELECT
- SHOW ALTER
- SHOW BACKUP
- SHOW DATA
- SHOW DATABASES
- SHOW DELETE
- SHOW DYNAMIC PARTITION TABLES
- SHOW EXPORT
- SHOW LOAD
- SHOW PARTITIONS
- SHOW PROPERTY
- SHOW REPOSITORIES
- SHOW RESTORE
- SHOW ROUTINE LOAD
- SHOW ROUTINE LOAD TASK
- SHOW SNAPSHOT
- SHOW TABLES
- SHOW TABLET
- SHOW TRANSACTION
- SPARK LOAD
- STOP ROUTINE LOAD
- STREAM LOAD
- Data Types
- Auxiliary Commands
- Function Reference
- Java UDFs
- Window Function
- Date Functions
- convert_tz
- curdate
- current_timestamp
- curtime
- datediff
- date_add
- date_format
- date_sub
- date_trunc
- day
- dayname
- dayofmonth
- dayofweek
- dayofyear
- from_days
- from_unixtime
- hour
- minute
- month
- monthname
- now
- quarter
- second
- str_to_date
- timediff
- timestampadd
- timestampdiff
- to_date
- to_days
- unix_timestamp
- utc_timestamp
- weekofyear
- year
- hours_diff
- minutes_diff
- months_diff
- seconds_diff
- weeks_diff
- years_diff
- Aggregate Functions
- Geographic Functions
- String Functions
- JSON Functions
- Overview of JSON functions and operators
- JSON constructor functions
- JSON query and processing functions
- JSON operators
- Aggregate Functions
- Bitmap Functions
- Array Functions
- cast function
- hash function
- Cryptographic Functions
- Math Functions
- Utility Functions
- System variables
- Error code
- System limits
- SQL Reference
- Administration
- FAQ
- Deploy
- Data Migration
- SQL
- Other FAQs
- Benchmark
- Developers
- Contribute to StarRocks
- Code Style Guides
- Use the debuginfo file for debugging
- Development Environment
- Trace Tools
- Integration
File manager
With file manager, you can create, view, and delete files, such as the files that are used to access external data sources: public key files, private key files, and certificate files. You can reference or access the created files by using commands.
Basic concepts
File: refers to the file that is created and saved in StarRocks. After a file is created and stored in StarRocks, StarRocks assigns a unique ID to the file. You can find a file based on the database name, catalog, and file name. In a database, only an admin user can create and delete files, and all users who have permissions to access a database can use the files that belong to the database.
Before you begin
- Configure the following parameters for each frontend (FE).
small_file_dir: the path in which the uploaded files are stored. The default path issmall_files/, which is in the runtime directory of the FE. You need to specify this parameter in the fe.conf file and then restart the FE.max_small_file_size_bytes: the maximum size of a single file. The default value of this parameter is 1 MB. If the size of a file exceeds the value of this parameter, the file cannot be created. You can specify this parameter by using the ADMIN SET CONFIG statement.max_small_file_number: the maximum number of files that can be created within a cluster. The default value of this parameter is 100. If the number of files that you have created reaches the value of this parameter, you cannot continue creating files. You can specify this parameter by using the ADMIN SET CONFIG statement.
Note: Increasing the values of the two parameters causes an increase in the memory usage of the FE. Therefore, we recommend that you do not increase the values of the two parameters unless necessary.
- Configure the following parameters for each backend (BE).
small_file_dir: the path in which the downloaded files are stored. The default path is lib/small_files/, which is in the runtime directory of the BE. You can specify this parameter in the be.conf file.
Create a file
You can execute the CREATE FILE statement to create a file. For more information, see CREATE FILE. After a file is created, the file is uploaded and persisted in StarRocks.
View a file
You can execute the SHOW FILE statement to view the information about a file stored in a database. For more information, see SHOW FILE.
Delete a file
You can execute the DROP FILE statement to delete a file. For more information, see DROP FILE.