Datastores ​

A datastore is any system that holds data.

This includes the following types:

• relational databases (e.g. postgres, mysql)
• nosql databases (e.g. mongodb, dynamodb)
• cache and key/value stores (e.g. redis, consul)
• message queues (e.g. kafka, sqs)
• object stores (e.g. s3, file volumes)
• secret managers (e.g. vault)
• log/metric providers (e.g. datadog, splunk, sumologic)

Datastores are connected to Applications via Capabilities.