Deprecated

Features listed in this section should no longer be used, because they are considered obsolete and may get removed in a future release. They are currently kept for backward compatibility. There are usually better alternatives to replace the old features with:

  • MMFiles Storage Engine: The MMFiles storage engine was deprecated in version 3.6.0 and removed in 3.7.0. To change your MMFiles storage engine deployment to RocksDB, see: Switch storage engine

    MMFiles specific startup options still exist but will also be removed. This will affect the following options:

    • --compaction.*
    • --database.force-sync-properties
    • --database.index-threads
    • --database.maximal-journal-size
    • --database.throw-collection-not-loaded-error
    • --wal.*

    The collection attributes doCompact, indexBuckets, isVolatile, journalSize and path are only used with MMFiles and are thus also deprecated.

  • Simple Queries: Idiomatic interface in arangosh to perform trivial queries. They are superseded by AQL queries, which can also be run in arangosh. AQL is a language on its own and way more powerful than Simple Queries could ever be. In fact, the (still supported) Simple Queries are translated internally to AQL, then the AQL query is optimized and run against the database in recent versions, because of better performance and reduced maintenance complexity.

  • Actions: Snippets of JavaScript code on the server-side for minimal custom endpoints. Since the Foxx revamp in 3.0, it became really easy to write Foxx Microservices, which allow you to define custom endpoints even with complex business logic.

    From v3.5.0 on, the system collections _routing and _modules are not created anymore when the _system database is first created (blank new data folder). They are not actively removed, they remain on upgrade or backup restoration from previous versions.

    You can still find the Actions documentation in 3.4 or older versions of the documentation.

  • Outdated AQL functions: The following AQL functions are deprecated and their usage is discouraged:

    • IS_IN_POLYGON
    • NEAR
    • WITHIN
    • WITHIN_RECTANGLE

    See Geo functions for substitutes.

  • Overwrite option: The overwrite option for insert operations (either single document operations or AQL INSERT operations) is deprecated in favor of the overwriteMode option, which provides more flexibility.

  • minReplicationFactor collection option: The minReplicationFactor option for collections has been renamed to writeConcern. If minReplicationFactor is specified and no writeConcern is set, the minReplicationFactor value will still be picked up and used as writeConcern value. However, this compatibility mode will be removed eventually, so changing applications from using minReplicationFactor to writeConcern is advised.

  • Outdated startup options

    The following arangod startup options are deprecated and will be removed in a future version:

    • --server.jwt-secret (use --server.jwt-secret-keyfile)

    The following options are deprecated for arangorestore:

    • --default-number-of-shards (use --number-of-shards instead)
    • --default-replication-factor (use --replication-factor instead)

    The following startup options are deprecated in arangod and all client tools:

    • --log (use --log.level instead)
    • --log.use-local-time (use --log.time-format instead)
    • --log.use-microtime (use --log.time-format instead)
    • --log.performance (use --log.level instead)

  • Obsoleted startup options: Any startup options marked as obsolete can be removed in any future version of ArangoDB, so their usage is highly discouraged. Their functionality is already removed, but they still exist to prevent unknown startup option errors.

  • JavaScript traversal API: The JavaScript traversal API is deprecated since version 3.4.0. The JavaScript traversal module @arangodb/graph/traversal is also deprecated since then. The preferred way to traverse graphs is via AQL.

  • JavaScript-based AQL graph functions: The following JavaScript-based AQL graph functions are deprecated:

    • arangodb::GRAPH_EDGES
    • arangodb::GRAPH_VERTICES
    • arangodb::GRAPH_NEIGHBORS
    • arangodb::GRAPH_COMMON_NEIGHBORS
    • arangodb::GRAPH_COMMON_PROPERTIES
    • arangodb::GRAPH_PATHS
    • arangodb::GRAPH_SHORTEST_PATH
    • arangodb::GRAPH_DISTANCE_TO
    • arangodb::GRAPH_ABSOLUTE_ECCENTRICITY
    • arangodb::GRAPH_ECCENTRICITY
    • arangodb::GRAPH_ABSOLUTE_CLOSENESS
    • arangodb::GRAPH_CLOSENESS
    • arangodb::GRAPH_ABSOLUTE_BETWEENNESS
    • arangodb::GRAPH_BETWEENNESS
    • arangodb::GRAPH_RADIUS
    • arangodb::GRAPH_DIAMETER