Configuring a Spring Cloud Data Flow Task with its own Database

Question

I have a task application with its own database that I'd like to run in Spring Cloud Data Flow.

My problem is that SCDF overwrites the datasource configuration in the task with the datasource configuration for SCDF. (Both databases are Oracle DBs.)

My task should write to a different database (but I also want to know its status in SCDF database).

How is it possible to configure my task to connect to its own database as well as to SCDF's database?

Answer 1

I found the solution.

I defined both data sources in a configuration class (one for JPA and one for SCDF) following this as an example: https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-jpa-multiple-databases

However this wasn't enough because the Data Flow Server accepts only one data source by default. To overcome this, one needs to extend the DefaultTaskConfigurer and set the Data Flow Server's data source in the constructor.

@Component
public class GeneratorTaskConfigurer extends DefaultTaskConfigurer {

    public GeneratorTaskConfigurer(@Qualifier("dataflowDataSource") DataSource dataSource) {
        super(dataSource);
    }
}