Failed to configure a DataSource: 'url' attribute is not specified and no embedded datasource could be configured

Question

I am working on a Spring Boot Batch example with MongoDB and I have already started the mongod server.

When I launch my application, I

Answer 1

For spring boot version 2.X.X below configuration worked for me.

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/rest
spring.datasource.username=
spring.datasource.password=
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
spring.jpa.database-platform = org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
spring.jpa.generate-ddl=true
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update 

Old jdbc driver is deprecated. The new one is mentioned on above configuration. Please use the same and restart the project.