Connect using HikariCP and the Java connector

This example initializes a HikariCP data source to create and manage a pool of database connections. Using the AlloyDB Java connector with a connection pool is the recommended way to manage database connections in production applications.

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Java

To authenticate to AlloyDB, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig;
import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource;

public class AlloyDbJdbcConnectorDataSourceFactory {

  public static final String ALLOYDB_DB = System.getenv("ALLOYDB_DB");
  public static final String ALLOYDB_USER = System.getenv("ALLOYDB_USER");
  public static final String ALLOYDB_PASS = System.getenv("ALLOYDB_PASS");
  public static final String ALLOYDB_INSTANCE_NAME = System.getenv("ALLOYDB_INSTANCE_NAME");

  static HikariDataSource createDataSource() {
    HikariConfig config = new HikariConfig();

    config.setJdbcUrl(String.format("jdbc:postgresql:///%s", ALLOYDB_DB));
    config.setUsername(ALLOYDB_USER); // e.g., "postgres"
    config.setPassword(ALLOYDB_PASS); // e.g., "secret-password"
    config.addDataSourceProperty("socketFactory", "com.google.cloud.alloydb.SocketFactory");
    // e.g., "projects/my-project/locations/us-central1/clusters/my-cluster/instances/my-instance"
    config.addDataSourceProperty("alloydbInstanceName", ALLOYDB_INSTANCE_NAME);

    return new HikariDataSource(config);
  }
}

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