Embedded PostgreSQL Server

Embedded PostgreSQL server provides a platform neutral way for running postgres binaries in unittests. This library is based on Flapdoodle OSS's embed process.

Please consider using the embedded-services project as well.

Motivation

It's much easier than installing specific version manually
You can choose the version right from the code
You can start your development environment with the PostgreSQL embedded with the single command

Maven

Add the following dependency to your pom.xml:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>ru.yandex.qatools.embed</groupId>
        <artifactId>postgresql-embedded</artifactId>
        <version>1.11</version>
    </dependency>

Gradle

Add a line to build.gradle:

    compile 'ru.yandex.qatools.embed:postgresql-embedded:1.10'

Howto

Here is the example of how to launch and use the embedded PostgreSQL instance

    // starting Postgres
    PostgresStarter<PostgresExecutable, PostgresProcess> runtime = PostgresStarter.getDefaultInstance();
    final PostgresConfig config = PostgresConfig.defaultWithDbName("test");
    PostgresExecutable exec = runtime.prepare(config);
    PostgresProcess process = exec.start();
    
    // connecting to a running Postgres
    String url = format("jdbc:postgresql://%s:%s/%s?user=%s&password=%s",
            config.net().host(),
            config.net().port(),
            config.storage().dbName(),
            config.credentials().username(),
            config.credentials().password()
    );
    Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
    
    // feeding up the database
    conn.createStatement().execute("CREATE TABLE films (code char(5));");
    conn.createStatement().execute("INSERT INTO films VALUES ('movie');");
    
    // performing some assertions
    final Statement statement = conn.createStatement();
    assertThat(statement.execute("SELECT * FROM films;"), is(true));
    assertThat(statement.getResultSet().next(), is(true));
                
    // stopping Postgres
    conn.close();
    process.stop();

Supported Versions