dependency-track/docs/_docs/getting-started/database-support.md

title	category	chapter	order
Database Support	Getting Started	1	5

Dependency-Track includes an embedded H2 database enabled by default. The intended purpose of this database is for quick evaluation, testing, and demonstration of the platform and its capabilities.

The embedded H2 database is not intended for production use.

To change database settings, edit application.properties found in the Dependency-Track data directory.

The following parameters can be customized:

• alpine.database.mode
• alpine.database.url
• alpine.database.driver
• alpine.database.driver.path
• alpine.database.username
• alpine.database.password

Dependency-Track has been tested with and supports the following external database servers:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and higher
• MySQL 5.6 and higher

Microsoft SQL Server Example

alpine.database.mode=external
alpine.database.url=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=dtrack
alpine.database.driver=com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
alpine.database.driver.path=~/path/to/sqljdbc4.jar
alpine.database.username=dtrack
alpine.database.password=password

MySQL Example

For MySQL, it is necessary to remove 'NO_ZERO_IN_DATE' and 'NO_ZERO_DATE' from the sql-mode prior to creating the Dependency-Track database. Refer to the MySQL documentation for details.

alpine.database.mode=external
alpine.database.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dtrack?autoReconnect=true&useSSL=false
alpine.database.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
alpine.database.driver.path=~/path/to/mysql-connector-java-5.1.45-bin.jar
alpine.database.username=dtrack
alpine.database.password=password