Using PostgreSQL instead of H2 as the Corda node's database

Question

I would like to use PostgreSQL instead of H2 as the database for my node. Is using PostgreSQL for Corda nodes possible? How would I configure my node to use a PostgreSQL dat

Answer 1

You can add the Postgresql DB properties to your node config in build.gradle script using extraConfig=[ ... ] block is shown as below.

node {

    ...

    extraConfig = [
        dataSourceProperties: [
                dataSourceClassName : "org.postgresql.ds.PGSimpleDataSource",
                'dataSource.url' : "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/nodedb",
                'dataSource.user' : "postgres",
                'dataSource.password' : "pa$$w0rd"
        ],
        database: [
                transactionIsolationLevel : "READ_COMMITTED"
        ]
    ]
}