Quarkus Embedded Postgresql

An alternative to quarkus-jdbc-postgres that rather than instantiating a pgsql server, uses zonky embedded library, reducing memory footprint.

It is mainly oriented for single pod k8s deployments or integration testing.

Installation

If you want to use this extension, you need to add the io.quarkiverse.embedded.postgresql:quarkus-embedded-postgresql extension to your build file.

For instance, with Maven, add the following dependency to your POM file:

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.quarkiverse.embedded.postgresql</groupId>
  <artifactId>quarkus-embedded-postgresql</artifactId>
</dependency>
xml

Extension Configuration Reference

Fixed at build time Configuration property fixed at build time - All other configuration properties are overridable at runtime

Configuration property

Type

Default

Fixed at build time quarkus.embedded.postgresql.data.dir

Directory where persistence information is hold

Environment variable: QUARKUS_EMBEDDED_POSTGRESQL_DATA_DIR

string

Fixed at build time quarkus.embedded.postgresql.startup.wait

How long PostgreSQL will have to start before it times out. Value is milliseconds.

Environment variable: QUARKUS_EMBEDDED_POSTGRESQL_STARTUP_WAIT

long

Fixed at build time quarkus.embedded.postgresql.port

Optionally configurable port for the postgresql server. If not set, 62537 is picked.

Environment variable: QUARKUS_EMBEDDED_POSTGRESQL_PORT

int

Fixed at build time quarkus.embedded.postgresql.string-type

Set string type

Environment variable: QUARKUS_EMBEDDED_POSTGRESQL_STRING_TYPE

string

unspecified