Monday, 9 October 2023

Spring Boot database connection pooling

Spring Boot provides database connection pooling out of the box. This means that Spring Boot will manage a pool of database connections that can be reused by your application. This can help to improve the performance and scalability of your application.

Spring Boot uses HikariCP by default as the database connection pool. HikariCP is a high-performance, lightweight JDBC connection pool.

To configure database connection pooling in Spring Boot, you can use the following properties in your application.properties file:

Properties
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/my_database
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=password

# HikariCP connection pool configuration
spring.datasource.hikari.maximum-pool-size=10
spring.datasource.hikari.minimum-idle=1
spring.datasource.hikari.idle-timeout=30000
spring.datasource.hikari.max-lifetime=60000

The maximum-pool-size property specifies the maximum number of connections that the connection pool will maintain. The minimum-idle property specifies the minimum number of idle connections that the connection pool will maintain. The idle-timeout property specifies the amount of time that a connection can be idle before it is closed. The max-lifetime property specifies the maximum amount of time that a connection can be in use before it is closed.

You can also use additional HikariCP properties to configure the connection pool. For more information, please see the HikariCP documentation: https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP.

Once you have configured database connection pooling in Spring Boot, you can start using Spring Boot to interact with your database. Spring Boot will automatically manage the connection pool for you.

Here are some additional tips for using database connection pooling in Spring Boot:

  • Use a connection pool size that is appropriate for your application's needs. If the connection pool size is too small, your application may experience performance problems. If the connection pool size is too large, you may waste resources.
  • Tune the idle timeout and max lifetime properties to prevent connections from being closed unnecessarily.
  • Monitor the connection pool to ensure that it is working properly. You can use the Spring Boot Actuator to monitor the connection pool.

By following these tips, you can help to improve the performance and scalability of your application using database connection pooling.

SpringBoot use encrypted MySQL database password

To use an encrypted MySQL database password in Spring Boot, you can use the Jasypt library. Jasypt is a library that provides a variety of encryption and decryption algorithms.

To use Jasypt, you need to add the following dependency to your project's pom.xml file:

XML
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.jasypt</groupId>
    <artifactId>jasypt</artifactId>
    <version>2.3.1</version>
</dependency>

Once you have added this dependency, you need to configure Jasypt in your application.properties file. Here is an example:

Properties
jasypt.encryptor.password=my_secret_key

Replace the my_secret_key value with your own secret key.

Once you have configured Jasypt, you can use it to encrypt your database password. To do this, you can use the following command:

jasypt encrypt --algorithm ENC --password my_secret_key --plain my_database_password

This will generate an encrypted version of your database password.

You can then use the encrypted database password in your application.properties file. Here is an example:

Properties
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/my_database
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=${jasypt.encryptor.password(my_database_password)}

Replace the my_database_password value with the encrypted database password that you generated in the previous step.

Once you have configured your database connection, you can start using Spring Boot to interact with your MySQL database.

Here are some additional tips for using encrypted MySQL database passwords in Spring Boot:

  • Use a strong secret key to encrypt your database password.
  • Do not store your secret key in your source code.
  • Consider using a key management service to store and manage your secret keys.
  • Monitor your application logs for any errors related to database encryption or decryption.

By following these tips, you can help to keep your MySQL database passwords secure.