SQLite store

Configure a local SQLite file; no extra package is needed (node:sqlite is built into Node.js):

import { defineKibanaMcpConfig } from "@havesomecode/kibana-mcp-server/config";
import store from "@havesomecode/kibana-mcp-server/stores/sqlite";

export default defineKibanaMcpConfig({
  url: process.env.KIBANA_URL,
  user: process.env.KIBANA_USER,
  password: process.env.KIBANA_PASSWORD,
  store,
  storeOptions: { path: "/var/lib/kibana-mcp/catalogs.sqlite" },
});

SQLite keeps one row per profile.

Options

Option	Default	Description
path	KIBANA_STORE_URL, with or without a sqlite: prefix	Database file, or :memory:. Its directory is created if needed.
table	kibana_mcp_catalogs	Table name. Letters, digits and underscores only.
database	none	An open DatabaseSync you created yourself. The store never closes it.

When to use it

Use SQLite for one server or a few same-host processes sharing the file. WAL mode keeps readers from blocking.

For replicas on different hosts, use PostgreSQL, MongoDB or Redis.

Limits

• Calls are synchronous. Waiting for another process's write lock can pause the server for up to five seconds. Writes occur only during source configuration, so this is rare.
• Put the file on a persistent volume. In containers, mount that volume at its directory.