Changing to Remote H2

The following sections describe how to replace the default H2 databases with Remote H2:

1 Setting up datasource configurations
2 Creating database tables
3 Note to writers: Add this content at the end of the page if any of the additional databases is relevant to your product.
4 Changing the identity/storage/product-specific databases

H2 is not recommended in production

The embedded H2 database is NOT recommended in enterprise testing and production environments. It has lower performance, clustering limitations, and can cause file corruption failures. Please use an industry-standard RDBMS such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MS SQL instead.

You can use the embedded H2 database in development environments and as the local registry in a registry mount.

Before you begin

Set up the database as explained in Setting up Remote H2.
Download the H2 database driver and copy it to WSO2 IoT Server by following the steps under Setting up drivers.

Setting up datasource configurations

A datasource is used to establish the connection to a database. By default, WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource is used to connect to the default H2 database, which stores registry and user management data. After setting up the Remote H2 database to replace the default H2 database, either change the default configurations of the WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource, or configure a new datasource to point it to the new database as explained below.

Changing the default WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource

Follow the steps below to change the type of the default WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource.

Edit the default datasource configuration in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/m aster-datasources.xml file as shown below.
<datasource> <name>WSO2_CARBON_DB</name> <description>The datasource used for registry and user manager</description> <jndiConfig> <name>jdbc/WSO2CarbonDB</name> </jndiConfig> <definition type="RDBMS"> <configuration> <url>jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/registryDB;create=true</url> <username>regadmin</username> <password>regadmin</password> <driverClassName>org.h2.Driver</driverClassName> <maxActive>80</maxActive> <maxWait>60000</maxWait> <minIdle>5</minIdle> <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> <defaultAutoCommit>false</defaultAutoCommit> </configuration> </definition> </datasource>
The elements in the above configuration are described below:

Configuring new datasources to manage registry or user management data

Follow the steps below to configure new datasources to point to the new databases you create to manage registry and/or user management data separately.

Add a new datasource with similar configurations as the WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource above to the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/ master-datasources.xml file. Change its elements with your custom values. For instructions, see Setting up datasource configurations.
If you are setting up a separate database to store registry-related data, update the following configurations in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/ registry.xml file.
<dbConfig name="wso2registry"> <dataSource>jdbc/MY_DATASOURCE_NAME</dataSource> </dbConfig>
If you are setting up a separate database to store user management data, update the following configurations in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/user-mgt.xml file.
<Configuration> <Property name="dataSource">jdbc/MY_DATASOURCE_NAME</Property> </Configuration>

Creating database tables

To create the database tables, connect to the database that you created earlier and run the following scripts in H2 shell or web console:

To create tables in the registry and user manager database (WSO2CARBON_DB), use the below script:
<PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/h2.sql

Follow the steps below to run the script in Web console:

Run the ./h2.sh command to start the Web console.
Copy the script text from the SQL file.
Paste it into the console.
Click Run.
Restart the server.