You can use pre-configured database driver or create new driver.

DBeaver has a lot of pre-configured driver including SQL, NoSQL, key-value databases, graph databases, search engines, etc.But sometimes you need to connect to a database which was not configured in DBeaver yet.

All you need is JDBC driver of your database. The rest is easy.

Obtaining JDBC driver

JDBC driver is a program (in Java) which can connect and operate with some local or remote database server. It usually provides all needed functionality to cover 100% of database functionality. Usually, JDBC driver are provided by database vendors to let customers ability to work with their databases.

JDBC driver consists of one or multiple jar files. Jar file is a library which contains program code and some other files.You need to download driver's jar files before adding them in DBeaver. Sometimes jar files are included in database server distribution - in that case you need to refer your database documentation or ask your DBA.

Adding driver configuration in DBeaver

Open driver manager dialog

You can open driver manager from main menu:or from Database Navigator drop-down menu.

Add new driver

Just click the button New and create a new driver.On the driver edit dialog you need to enter all required information:

Main parameters

Libraries

This is the list of jar files, binary libraries (dll or so) and any other files required by driver. In most cases you need only jar files.Click "Add File" to add single jar file, "Add Folder" to add folder with Java classes/resources and "Add Artifact" to add Maven artifact (see below).

After you add jar files you will be able to find all JDBC driver classes which present in these jars. Just click on the "Find Class" button and DBeaver will show all of them. In most cases there is just one driver class in the driver. If there are many of them then you need to refer to the driver's documentation.

Maven artifacts

DBeaver can download driver jars directly from Maven repository (it is a global public repository of Java libraries, usually open-source). If your database driver is published on some public repository you can use this feature. Maven artifacts are better than plain jar files because you can see all existing driver versions and can change driver version in runtime without any driver properties reconfiguration.

Saving driver, adding connection

After you finished configuring your driver just press Ok button.Now you can create connection.

If you need to change some driver properties later you can access them directly from connection properties dialog:

URL Templates

JDBC drivers use URLs to identify remote servers - strings similar to classic web URLs.Usually, URL has form jdbc:vendor:host:port/database, for example `jdbc:postgresql:localhost:5432/postgres'.It is not very convenient to edit such long and unobvious string.DBeaver can construct this URL from connection parameters (like host, port, etc).

For example above the URL template is: jdbc:postgresql://{host}:{port}/{database}Host, port and database are parameters which you will need to enter on the connection configuration page.

Supported URL variables:

Advanced settings

For most driver you don't need to change any advanced properties.But in some cases you can use this as a driver tuning, e.g. for better performance or for structure fixing.

Main parameters

Queries (Custom driver queries)

DDL (DDL generation options)

Formatting (SQL values formats)

Summary

If you have configured some driver, it works good and you think that it makes sense to have this driver configuration in standard DBeaver, please send your configuration to us. Just create a feature request issue on GitHub and copy/paste driver description to the ticket (in any suitable form).

Thank you :)