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7.3 The Database

Buildbot stores its state in a database, using the Python DBAPI to access it.

A database is specified with the buildbot.db.dbspec.DBSpec class, which encapsulates all of the parameters necessary to create a DBAPI connection. The DBSpec class can create either a single synchronous connection, or a twisted adbapi connection pool.

Most uses of the database in Buildbot are done through the buildbot.db.connector.DBConnector class, which wraps the DBAPI to provide purpose-specific functions.

The database schema is managed by a special class, described in the next section.