derby-maven-plugin

Simple Maven plugin to start/stop a file-based derby server instance. Fork of https://github.com/carlspring/derby-maven-plugin created by Martin Todorov.

POM integration

<project ...>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
               <groupId>io.github.jheinzel</groupId>
               <artifactId>derby-maven-plugin</artifactId>
               <version>1.6</version>
               <configuration>
                   <derbyHome>${project.basedir}/data</derbyHome>
                   <port>1527</port>
                   <database>MyDatabase</database>
                   <username>user</username>
                   <password>test</password>
               </configuration>
            </plugin>            
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

Configuration properties

• derbyHome: Location of database files generated be the derby server.
• database: Name of the database hosted be the derby instance
• port: Port the derby server is listening on. Default ist 1527.
• username:
• password:

Maven commands

• mvn derby:run Will start your derby instance on the configured port and block until stopped.

• mvn derby:stop Will stop a running derby instance.

• mvn derby:drop-db Will delete the database directory.

Connection String

The database can be accessed using the following JDBC connection string:

jdbc:derby://localhost[:{port}]/{database name};create=true