Plant Friend Spring Boot 🌱

A Spring Boot backend implemented in Java, connected to a PostgreSQL database.

Configuration

To connect the application to a postgresql DB some values need to be set in application.properties

• spring.datasource.url: The postgresql database url
• spring.datasource.username: DB user
• spring.datasource.password: DB password (encrypted)
• jasypt.encryptor.password: Encryption password referring to the JASYPT_ENCRYPTOR_PASSWORD env var.

The DB password is in the following format ENC(*************), because it is encrypted for security using the jasypt-maven-plugin and decrypted on application startup using the jasypt-spring-boot-starter dependency.

To encrypt the DB password use the jasypt-maven-plugin like so:

mvn jasypt:encrypt-value -Djasypt.encryptor.password="theEncryptionPassword" -Djasypt.plugin.value="theValueYouWantToEncrypt"

To run the application, the encryption password should be provided in the JASYPT_ENCRYPTOR_PASSWORD env var. In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA this can be done on the Run/Debug configuration window: