A JDBC driver (Java Database Connectivity) is a way for Java programs to connect to databases. On this page you find instructions how to install a JDBC driver for your database and application server for the different database brands.

Supported JDBC Drivers

All supported database platforms can be found on the Platform support page.

Microsoft SQL Server

For Microsoft SQL Server, we recommend using the Microsoft JDBC Driver (the recommended version can be found at the platform support page). This driver can be found at maven central https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/microsoft/sqlserver/mssql-jdbc/ or the Microsoft website

This driver uses encryption by default and therefor you either have to

Oracle

For Oracle, we recommend to use the ojdbc8 driver: ojdbc8.jar (the recommended version can be found at the platform support page). The ojdbc8 driver can be downloaded from the Oracle website.

PostgreSQL

For PostgreSQL use the JDBC driver (the recommended version can be found at the platform support page) which can be found at https://jdbc.postgresql.org/.

Application servers

Tomcat

On Tomcat, the JDBC driver is usually placed in the $CATALINA_HOME\lib folder.

https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-10.0-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.html

JBoss EAP

For JBoss EAP the JDBC drivers should be added as a module.

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.2/html/configuration_guide/datasource_management#jdbc_drivers