Database Configuration

The Portal Server software components use Java DB through Java EE JDBC resources. When a new portal instance is created, the Portal Server software creates one JDBC resource for each component that accesses the database. In other words, there is one resource per component, per Portal Server instance.

The resource configuration can be modified using the web container console or command line interface. The database URL for the Java DB community database is of the form jdbc:derby://host[:port]/component_portal-ID. When connecting to Java DB using third-party tools, use the driver org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver. This driver is in the JAR file /opt/SUNWjavadb/lib/derbyclient.jar.

On a production system, change the credentials to secure the system. Please see the following section to find out how to change the credentials for the database.