# Where is biometric data stored for idrepo

**URL:** <https://community.mosip.io/t/where-is-biometric-data-stored-for-idrepo/2877>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 20, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mosip.io/t/where-is-biometric-data-stored-for-idrepo/2877 "2026-08-20T11:00:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Durgesh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.mosip.io/durgesh/32/1687_2.png) [@Durgesh](https://community.mosip.io/u/Durgesh)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mosip.io/t/where-is-biometric-data-stored-for-idrepo/2877/1 "2026-08-20T11:00:15Z")

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Dear Team,  
Could you please confirm where is biometric data stored in idrepo after registration?

I saw this line in the comment of a [db script](https://github.com/mosip/id-repository/blob/v1.2.0.1/db_scripts/mosip_idrepo/ddl/idrepo-uin_biometric.sql) file:

> The CBEFF file is stored in separate storage like HDFS/CEPH store, only the reference to the file is maintained in this table.

Could anyone please confirm if it is stored in HDFS or S3-compatible storage?

Thanks,  
Durgesh

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**Author:** ![mrudula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@mrudula](https://community.mosip.io/u/mrudula)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://community.mosip.io/t/where-is-biometric-data-stored-for-idrepo/2877/2 "2026-08-24T04:24:42Z")

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Hi **[Durgesh](https://community.mosip.io/u/durgesh)**

Thank you for your reaching out to us.Our team will get back to you shortly.

Regards,  
Mrudula  
on behalf of Team MOSIP

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**Author:** ![Varaniya1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.mosip.io/varaniya1/32/1322_2.png) [@Varaniya1](https://community.mosip.io/u/Varaniya1)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://community.mosip.io/t/where-is-biometric-data-stored-for-idrepo/2877/3 "2026-08-24T06:46:45Z")

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Hi @Durgesh,

The biometric data will be stored in the object storage used by the deployment, such as Amazon S3 or HDFS. These will be the extracted biometric files, and their storage location will be referenced in the `uin_biometric` table.

Regards,  
Varaniya S  
Team MOSIP

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**Author:** ![Durgesh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.mosip.io/durgesh/32/1687_2.png) [@Durgesh](https://community.mosip.io/u/Durgesh)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://community.mosip.io/t/where-is-biometric-data-stored-for-idrepo/2877/4 "2026-08-25T10:30:24Z")

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Hi @Varaniya1 ,

Thank you for the reply.  
Just to confirm if both S3 compatible storage and HDFS are supported in 1.2.x and onwards? Because HDFS adapter is not mentioned in the doc: [Object Store | MOSIP Docs 1.2.0](https://docs.mosip.io/1.2.0/id-lifecycle-management/supporting-components/persistence/object-store#overview)

Regards,  
Durgesh

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/mosip1/original/1X/f60a343830fe848c9a68e2d1cc654d0cb7fbbaf2.svg) [@system](https://community.mosip.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://community.mosip.io/t/where-is-biometric-data-stored-for-idrepo/2877/5 "2026-09-04T10:30:35Z")

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**Author:** ![Varaniya1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.mosip.io/varaniya1/32/1322_2.png) [@Varaniya1](https://community.mosip.io/u/Varaniya1)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://community.mosip.io/t/where-is-biometric-data-stored-for-idrepo/2877/6 "2026-09-08T06:22:06Z")

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Hi @Durgesh

Currently we are not supporting HDFS, we are only supporting S3 file storage system

Regards,  
Varaniya S  
Team MOSIP