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In order to be able to start, the Servoy Application Server requires a connection to the Servoy Repository. When using existing databases, a valid connection to a properly configured Servoy Repository is required for the Servoy Application Server to be able to start.

Using the

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Bundled PostgreSQL

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Engine i.c.w.

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Existing Databases

When the installation of the PostgreSQL database engine is required, keep the Database option in the All-In-One installer checked.

After installing the Servoy Application Server, the following steps are required to remove the sample databases and connect the PostgreSQL engine to existing PostgreSQL databases:

  • Start the database (see Starting the Database for more information on starting the database, look here )
  • Connect to the database using the commandline psql utility and drop the unwanted databases:

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    titleConnecting
    {servoy_installservoyInstall}/application_server/postgres_db/bin/psql postgres DBA
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    titleDropping the sample databases
    drop database if exists user_data;
    drop database if exists example;
    drop database if exists log_data;
    drop database if exists udm;
    drop database if exists pdf_forms;
    drop database if exists bug_db;
  • Restore a dump of the existing databases. For information on how to backup and restore databases, see the this PostgreSQL documentation here.

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Using the

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Bundled PostgreSQL

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Database Engine

When not using the PostgreSQL database engine, the option can be unchecked in the installer. This will skip the installation of the PostgreSQL database engine, the repository database and the sample databases.

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  • Copy a servoy.properties file from another installation (for example a Servoy Developer installation) into the <servoy> {servoyInstall}/application_server directory
  • If the copied servoy.properties file doesn't already contain properly configured database connections, see Manual configuration in the Database Connections chapter for more information on how to manually edit the servoy.properties file.

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Note
titleUsing an existing database for the [Servoy Repository]

See Servoy Repository upgradeUpgrade for information on upgrading or creating the Servoy Repository tables in an existing database.