Configure DataSource programmatically in Spring Boot

If you're using latest spring boot (with jdbc starter and Hikari) you'll run into: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: jdbcUrl is required with driverClassName. To solve this:

1. In your application.properties:

datasource.oracle.url=youroracleurl

2. In your application define as bean (@Primary is mandatory!):

@Bean
@Primary
@ConfigurationProperties("datasource.oracle")
public DataSourceProperties getDatasourceProperties() {
    return new DataSourceProperties();
}

@Bean
@ConfigurationProperties("datasource.oracle")
public DataSource getDatasource() {
    return getDatasourceProperties().initializeDataSourceBuilder()
           .username("username")
           .password("password")
           .build();
}

You can use DataSourceBuilder if you are using jdbc starter. Also, in order to override the default autoconfiguration bean you need to mark your bean as a @Primary

In my case I have properties starting with datasource.postgres prefix.

E.g

@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "datasource.postgres")
@Bean
@Primary
public DataSource dataSource() {
    return DataSourceBuilder
        .create()
        .build();
}

If it is not feasible for you, then you can use

@Bean
@Primary
public DataSource dataSource() {
    return DataSourceBuilder
        .create()
        .username("")
        .password("")
        .url("")
        .driverClassName("")
        .build();
}

My project of spring-boot has run normally according to your assistance. The yaml datasource configuration is:

spring:
  # (DataSourceAutoConfiguration & DataSourceProperties)
  datasource:
    name: ds-h2
    url: jdbc:h2:D:/work/workspace/fdata;DATABASE_TO_UPPER=false
    username: h2
    password: h2
    driver-class: org.h2.Driver

Custom DataSource

@Configuration
@Component
public class DataSourceBean {

    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.datasource")
    @Bean
    @Primary
    public DataSource getDataSource() {
        return DataSourceBuilder
                .create()
//                .url("jdbc:h2:D:/work/workspace/fork/gs-serving-web-content/initial/data/fdata;DATABASE_TO_UPPER=false")
//                .username("h2")
//                .password("h2")
//                .driverClassName("org.h2.Driver")
                .build();
    }
}

All you need to do is annotate a method that returns a DataSource with @Bean. A complete working example follows.

@Bean
public DataSource dataSource() {
    DataSourceBuilder dataSourceBuilder = DataSourceBuilder.create();
        dataSourceBuilder.url(dbUrl);
        dataSourceBuilder.username(username);
        dataSourceBuilder.password(password);
        return dataSourceBuilder.build();   
}