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Starting the server

To run the database, simply run:

Terminal window
astral # or python -m astral

You should see something like this:

_ _ _ _ _ _
/ /\ / /\ /\ \ /\ \ / /\ _\ \
/ / \ / / \ \_\ \ / \ \ / / \ /\__ \
/ / /\ \ / / /\ \__ /\__ \ / /\ \ \ / / /\ \ / /_ \_\
/ / /\ \ \ / / /\ \___\ / /_ \ \ / / /\ \_\ / / /\ \ \ / / /\/_/
/ / / \ \ \ \ \ \ \/___// / /\ \ \ / / /_/ / / / / / \ \ \ / / /
/ / /___/ /\ \ \ \ \ / / / \/_// / /__\/ / / / /___/ /\ \ / / /
/ / /_____/ /\ \ _ \ \ \ / / / / / /_____/ / / /_____/ /\ \ / / / ____
/ /_________/\ \ \ /_/\__/ / / / / / / / /\ \ \ / /_________/\ \ \ / /_/_/ ___/\
/ / /_ __\ \_\\ \/___/ / /_/ / / / / \ \ \/ / /_ __\ \_\/_______/\__\/
\_\___\ /____/_/ \_____\/ \_\/ \/_/ \_\/\_\___\ /____/_/\_______\/
🚀✨ [2024-12-12 06:36:42] Starting 🚀✨AstralDB server @ http://localhost:4269 in {your folder}
🚀✨ [2024-12-12 06:36:42] -------------------------Reading existing stores-------------------------
🚀✨ [2024-12-12 06:36:42] -------------------------Reading stores complete!-------------------------

NOTE: 🚀✨AstralDB saves all data local to each directory by default. Thus, be sure to run this in a new folder.

To get a global 🚀✨AstralDB, simply create a directory dedicated for global instance, and run the DB there. Keeping DB instances local to direcories keeps everything organised.