Where is my local App Engine datastore?

Question

How can I find where my local development datastore is located? I am using the Python SDK and Linux.

Answer 1

I'll restate a solution to getting permanent datastore as it worked for me (circa Feb 2017), running GoogleAppEngineLauncher on OS X v10.10.

• Create the folder path for permanent datastore
• In GAEL, click on the project in question e.g. PROJECTNAME
• Click Edit-Application Settings

• in Extra Flags field:

  --datastore_path=/Users/foo/GAE_datastore/PROJECTNAME/datastore.db

Filename has to be included; in my config, datastore.db works.

Having searched all over for GAE datastore path, and head-bonked on dev_appserver.py --datastore_path command line, it was very helpful to find this.

Application Settings under the Edit menu is an odd choice, Google :-)