[Feature Request]: cli server option to turn off persistent file storage

[nepeee]

Describe the problem

I don't need the persistent file storage, will be nice to have the option to turn it off.

Describe the proposed solution

I think the best way to implement it is to add an optional parameter that disables the file storage.

Alternatives considered

No response

Importance

nice to have

Additional Information

No response

[atroyn]

The default Chroma client is ephemeral and should not persist files - which files are you seeing persisted?

[nepeee]

I'm using the python chromadb.Client() with the cli server i think the issue is here: https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/blob/main/chromadb/cli/cli.py#L60

[atroyn]

Ah, yes the server persists by default. I should be easy to add an argument to the CLI to allow it to be ephemeral - happy to support that PR if you want to take a crack at it.

[nepeee]

• sorry i was wrong, i use the chromadb.HttpClient ofc

[atroyn]

I think you were right actually, if you are running a Chroma server via CLI, the server will persist files by default, regardless of the client(s) connecting to it.

[nepeee]

Well i meant about the client :) Anyways i checked what i did to hack it:

    os.environ["IS_PERSISTENT"] = "False"
    #os.environ["PERSIST_DIRECTORY"] = path
    #os.environ["CHROMA_SERVER_NOFILE"] = "65535" 

I can create a PR tomorrow but i'm not familiar with the typer arg parser lib so maybe thats a bad idea :P