Configure specific in memory database for testing purpose in Spring

Question

How do I configure my Spring Boot application so that when I run unit tests it will use in-memory database such as H2/HSQL but when I run Spring Boot application it will use

Answer 1

Simplest solution:

1) in src/main/resources have application.properties (production config):

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/somedb
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=password
spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
spring.jpa.database-platform = org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect

and application-test.properties with HSQL config like:

spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = create-drop
spring.jpa.database = HSQL
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect
spring.datasource.driverClassName = org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
spring.datasource.url= jdbc:hsqldb:mem:scratchdb
spring.datasource.username = sa
spring.datasource.password =

2) Add HSQL dependency in pom.xml if you don't have it already.

3) Annotate your test class with @ActiveProfiles("test").

Worked like charm in my case.