You can inject an auto-configured RedisConnectionFactory, StringRedisTemplate, or vanilla RedisTemplate instance as you would any other Spring Bean. By default, the instance tries to connect to a Redis server at localhost:6379. The following listing shows an example of such a bean:

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private StringRedisTemplate template;

	@Autowired
	public MyBean(StringRedisTemplate template) {
		this.template = template;
	}

	// ...

}

	Tip
	You can also register an arbitrary number of beans that implement LettuceClientConfigurationBuilderCustomizer for more advanced customizations. If you use Jedis, JedisClientConfigurationBuilderCustomizer is also available.

If you add your own @Bean of any of the auto-configured types, it replaces the default (except in the case of RedisTemplate, when the exclusion is based on the bean name, redisTemplate, not its type). By default, if commons-pool2 is on the classpath, you get a pooled connection factory.

To access Mongo databases, you can inject an auto-configured org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory. By default, the instance tries to connect to a MongoDB server at mongodb://localhost/test. The following example shows how to connect to a MongoDB database:

import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
import com.mongodb.DB;

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private final MongoDbFactory mongo;

	@Autowired
	public MyBean(MongoDbFactory mongo) {
		this.mongo = mongo;
	}

	// ...

	public void example() {
		DB db = mongo.getDb();
		// ...
	}

}

You can set the spring.data.mongodb.uri property to change the URL and configure additional settings such as the replica set, as shown in the following example:

spring.data.mongodb.uri=mongodb://user:[email protected]:12345,mongo2.example.com:23456/test

Alternatively, as long as you use Mongo 2.x, you can specify a host/port. For example, you might declare the following settings in your application.properties:

spring.data.mongodb.host=mongoserver
spring.data.mongodb.port=27017

If you have defined your own MongoClient, it will be used to auto-configure a suitable MongoDbFactory. Both com.mongodb.MongoClient and com.mongodb.client.MongoClient are supported.

	Note
	If you use the Mongo 3.0 Java driver, spring.data.mongodb.host and spring.data.mongodb.port are not supported. In such cases, spring.data.mongodb.uri should be used to provide all of the configuration.

	Tip
	If spring.data.mongodb.port is not specified, the default of 27017 is used. You could delete this line from the example shown earlier.

	Tip
	If you do not use Spring Data Mongo, you can inject com.mongodb.MongoClient beans instead of using MongoDbFactory. If you want to take complete control of establishing the MongoDB connection, you can also declare your own MongoDbFactory or MongoClient bean.

	Note
	If you are using the reactive driver, Netty is required for SSL. The auto-configuration configures this factory automatically if Netty is available and the factory to use hasn’t been customized already.

Spring Data MongoDB provides a MongoTemplate class that is very similar in its design to Spring’s JdbcTemplate. As with JdbcTemplate, Spring Boot auto-configures a bean for you to inject the template, as follows:

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private final MongoTemplate mongoTemplate;

	@Autowired
	public MyBean(MongoTemplate mongoTemplate) {
		this.mongoTemplate = mongoTemplate;
	}

	// ...

}

See the MongoOperations Javadoc for complete details.

Spring Data includes repository support for MongoDB. As with the JPA repositories discussed earlier, the basic principle is that queries are constructed automatically, based on method names.

In fact, both Spring Data JPA and Spring Data MongoDB share the same common infrastructure. You could take the JPA example from earlier and, assuming that City is now a Mongo data class rather than a JPA @Entity, it works in the same way, as shown in the following example:

package com.example.myapp.domain;

import org.springframework.data.domain.*;
import org.springframework.data.repository.*;

public interface CityRepository extends Repository<City, Long> {

	Page<City> findAll(Pageable pageable);

	City findByNameAndStateAllIgnoringCase(String name, String state);

}

	Tip
	You can customize document scanning locations by using the @EntityScan annotation.

	Tip
	For complete details of Spring Data MongoDB, including its rich object mapping technologies, refer to its reference documentation.

Spring Boot offers auto-configuration for Embedded Mongo. To use it in your Spring Boot application, add a dependency on de.flapdoodle.embed:de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.

The port that Mongo listens on can be configured by setting the spring.data.mongodb.port property. To use a randomly allocated free port, use a value of 0. The MongoClient created by MongoAutoConfiguration is automatically configured to use the randomly allocated port.

	Note
	If you do not configure a custom port, the embedded support uses a random port (rather than 27017) by default.

If you have SLF4J on the classpath, the output produced by Mongo is automatically routed to a logger named org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.mongo.embedded.EmbeddedMongo.

You can declare your own IMongodConfig and IRuntimeConfig beans to take control of the Mongo instance’s configuration and logging routing.

To access a Neo4j server, you can inject an auto-configured org.neo4j.ogm.session.Session. By default, the instance tries to connect to a Neo4j server at localhost:7687 using the Bolt protocol. The following example shows how to inject a Neo4j Session:

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private final Session session;

	@Autowired
	public MyBean(Session session) {
		this.session = session;
	}

	// ...

}

You can configure the uri and credentials to use by setting the spring.data.neo4j.* properties, as shown in the following example:

spring.data.neo4j.uri=bolt://my-server:7687
spring.data.neo4j.username=neo4j
spring.data.neo4j.password=secret

You can take full control over the session creation by either adding a org.neo4j.ogm.config.Configuration bean or a org.neo4j.ogm.session.SessionFactory bean.

If you add org.neo4j:neo4j-ogm-embedded-driver to the dependencies of your application, Spring Boot automatically configures an in-process embedded instance of Neo4j that does not persist any data when your application shuts down.

	Note
	As the embedded Neo4j OGM driver does not provide the Neo4j kernel itself, you have to declare org.neo4j:neo4j as dependency yourself. Refer to the Neo4j OGM documentation for a list of compatible versions.

The embedded driver takes precedence over the other drivers when there are multiple drivers on the classpath. You can explicitly disable the embedded mode by setting spring.data.neo4j.embedded.enabled=false.

Data Neo4j Tests automatically make use of an embedded Neo4j instance if the embedded driver and Neo4j kernel are on the classpath as described above.

	Note
	You can enable persistence for the embedded mode by providing a path to a database file in your configuration, e.g. spring.data.neo4j.uri=file://var/tmp/graph.db.

By default, if you are running a web application, the session is bound to the thread for the entire processing of the request (that is, it uses the "Open Session in View" pattern). If you do not want this behavior, add the following line to your application.properties file:

spring.data.neo4j.open-in-view=false

Spring Data includes repository support for Neo4j.

Spring Data Neo4j shares the common infrastructure with Spring Data JPA as many other Spring Data modules do. You could take the JPA example from earlier and define City as Neo4j OGM @NodeEntity rather than JPA @Entity and the repository abstraction works in the same way, as shown in the following example:

package com.example.myapp.domain;

import java.util.Optional;

import org.springframework.data.neo4j.repository.*;

public interface CityRepository extends Neo4jRepository<City, Long> {

	Optional<City> findOneByNameAndState(String name, String state);

}

The spring-boot-starter-data-neo4j “Starter” enables the repository support as well as transaction management. You can customize the locations to look for repositories and entities by using @EnableNeo4jRepositories and @EntityScan respectively on a @Configuration-bean.

	Tip
	For complete details of Spring Data Neo4j, including its object mapping technologies, refer to the reference documentation.

You can inject an auto-configured SolrClient instance as you would any other Spring bean. By default, the instance tries to connect to a server at localhost:8983/solr. The following example shows how to inject a Solr bean:

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private SolrClient solr;

	@Autowired
	public MyBean(SolrClient solr) {
		this.solr = solr;
	}

	// ...

}

If you add your own @Bean of type SolrClient, it replaces the default.

Spring Data includes repository support for Apache Solr. As with the JPA repositories discussed earlier, the basic principle is that queries are automatically constructed for you based on method names.

In fact, both Spring Data JPA and Spring Data Solr share the same common infrastructure. You could take the JPA example from earlier and, assuming that City is now a @SolrDocument class rather than a JPA @Entity, it works in the same way.

IP: For complete details of Spring Data Solr, refer to the reference documentation.

Elasticsearch ships two different REST clients that you can use to query a cluster: the "Low Level" client and the "High Level" client.

If you have the org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-client dependency on the classpath, Spring Boot will auto-configure and register a RestClient bean that by default targets localhost:9200. You can further tune how RestClient is configured, as shown in the following example:

spring.elasticsearch.rest.uris=https://search.example.com:9200
spring.elasticsearch.rest.username=user
spring.elasticsearch.rest.password=secret

You can also register an arbitrary number of beans that implement RestClientBuilderCustomizer for more advanced customizations. To take full control over the registration, define a RestClient bean.

If you have the org.elasticsearch.client:elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client dependency on the classpath, Spring Boot will auto-configure a RestHighLevelClient, which wraps any existing RestClient bean, reusing its HTTP configuration.

If you have Jest on the classpath, you can inject an auto-configured JestClient that by default targets localhost:9200. You can further tune how the client is configured, as shown in the following example:

spring.elasticsearch.jest.uris=https://search.example.com:9200
spring.elasticsearch.jest.read-timeout=10000
spring.elasticsearch.jest.username=user
spring.elasticsearch.jest.password=secret

You can also register an arbitrary number of beans that implement HttpClientConfigBuilderCustomizer for more advanced customizations. The following example tunes additional HTTP settings:

static class HttpSettingsCustomizer implements HttpClientConfigBuilderCustomizer {

	@Override
	public void customize(HttpClientConfig.Builder builder) {
		builder.maxTotalConnection(100).defaultMaxTotalConnectionPerRoute(5);
	}

}

To take full control over the registration, define a JestClient bean.

To connect to Elasticsearch, you must provide the address of one or more cluster nodes. The address can be specified by setting the spring.data.elasticsearch.cluster-nodes property to a comma-separated host:port list. With this configuration in place, an ElasticsearchTemplate or TransportClient can be injected like any other Spring bean, as shown in the following example:

spring.data.elasticsearch.cluster-nodes=localhost:9300

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private final ElasticsearchTemplate template;

	public MyBean(ElasticsearchTemplate template) {
		this.template = template;
	}

	// ...

}

If you add your own ElasticsearchTemplate or TransportClient @Bean, it replaces the default.

Spring Data includes repository support for Elasticsearch. As with the JPA repositories discussed earlier, the basic principle is that queries are constructed for you automatically based on method names.

In fact, both Spring Data JPA and Spring Data Elasticsearch share the same common infrastructure. You could take the JPA example from earlier and, assuming that City is now an Elasticsearch @Document class rather than a JPA @Entity, it works in the same way.

	Tip
	For complete details of Spring Data Elasticsearch, refer to the reference documentation.

You can inject an auto-configured CassandraTemplate or a Cassandra Session instance as you would with any other Spring Bean. The spring.data.cassandra.* properties can be used to customize the connection. Generally, you provide keyspace-name and contact-points properties, as shown in the following example:

spring.data.cassandra.keyspace-name=mykeyspace
spring.data.cassandra.contact-points=cassandrahost1,cassandrahost2

You can also register an arbitrary number of beans that implement ClusterBuilderCustomizer for more advanced customizations.

The following code listing shows how to inject a Cassandra bean:

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private CassandraTemplate template;

	@Autowired
	public MyBean(CassandraTemplate template) {
		this.template = template;
	}

	// ...

}

If you add your own @Bean of type CassandraTemplate, it replaces the default.

Spring Data includes basic repository support for Cassandra. Currently, this is more limited than the JPA repositories discussed earlier and needs to annotate finder methods with @Query.

	Tip
	For complete details of Spring Data Cassandra, refer to the reference documentation.

You can get a Bucket and Cluster by adding the Couchbase SDK and some configuration. The spring.couchbase.* properties can be used to customize the connection. Generally, you provide the bootstrap hosts, bucket name, and password, as shown in the following example:

spring.couchbase.bootstrap-hosts=my-host-1,192.168.1.123
spring.couchbase.bucket.name=my-bucket
spring.couchbase.bucket.password=secret

	Tip
	You need to provide at least the bootstrap host(s), in which case the bucket name is default and the password is an empty String. Alternatively, you can define your own org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.CouchbaseConfigurer @Bean to take control over the whole configuration.

It is also possible to customize some of the CouchbaseEnvironment settings. For instance, the following configuration changes the timeout to use to open a new Bucket and enables SSL support:

spring.couchbase.env.timeouts.connect=3000
spring.couchbase.env.ssl.key-store=/location/of/keystore.jks
spring.couchbase.env.ssl.key-store-password=secret

Check the spring.couchbase.env.* properties for more details.

Spring Data includes repository support for Couchbase. For complete details of Spring Data Couchbase, refer to the reference documentation.

You can inject an auto-configured CouchbaseTemplate instance as you would with any other Spring Bean, provided a default CouchbaseConfigurer is available (which happens when you enable Couchbase support, as explained earlier).

The following examples shows how to inject a Couchbase bean:

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private final CouchbaseTemplate template;

	@Autowired
	public MyBean(CouchbaseTemplate template) {
		this.template = template;
	}

	// ...

}

There are a few beans that you can define in your own configuration to override those provided by the auto-configuration:

To avoid hard-coding those names in your own config, you can reuse BeanNames provided by Spring Data Couchbase. For instance, you can customize the converters to use, as follows:

@Configuration
public class SomeConfiguration {

	@Bean(BeanNames.COUCHBASE_CUSTOM_CONVERSIONS)
	public CustomConversions myCustomConversions() {
		return new CustomConversions(...);
	}

	// ...

}

	Tip
	If you want to fully bypass the auto-configuration for Spring Data Couchbase, provide your own implementation of org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.AbstractCouchbaseDataConfiguration.

To connect to an LDAP server, make sure you declare a dependency on the spring-boot-starter-data-ldap “Starter” or spring-ldap-core and then declare the URLs of your server in your application.properties, as shown in the following example:

spring.ldap.urls=ldap://myserver:1235
spring.ldap.username=admin
spring.ldap.password=secret

If you need to customize connection settings, you can use the spring.ldap.base and spring.ldap.base-environment properties.

An LdapContextSource is auto-configured based on these settings. If you need to customize it, for instance to use a PooledContextSource, you can still inject the auto-configured LdapContextSource. Make sure to flag your customized ContextSource as @Primary so that the auto-configured LdapTemplate uses it.

Spring Data includes repository support for LDAP. For complete details of Spring Data LDAP, refer to the reference documentation.

You can also inject an auto-configured LdapTemplate instance as you would with any other Spring Bean, as shown in the following example:

@Component
public class MyBean {

	private final LdapTemplate template;

	@Autowired
	public MyBean(LdapTemplate template) {
		this.template = template;
	}

	// ...

}

For testing purposes, Spring Boot supports auto-configuration of an in-memory LDAP server from UnboundID. To configure the server, add a dependency to com.unboundid:unboundid-ldapsdk and declare a base-dn property, as follows:

spring.ldap.embedded.base-dn=dc=spring,dc=io

Note

It is possible to define multiple base-dn values, however, since distinguished names usually contain commas, they must be defined using the correct notation. In yaml files, you can use the yaml list notation: spring.ldap.embedded.base-dn: - dc=spring,dc=io - dc=pivotal,dc=io In properties files, you must include the index as part of the property name: spring.ldap.embedded.base-dn[0]=dc=spring,dc=io spring.ldap.embedded.base-dn[1]=dc=pivotal,dc=io

By default, the server starts on a random port and triggers the regular LDAP support. There is no need to specify a spring.ldap.urls property.

If there is a schema.ldif file on your classpath, it is used to initialize the server. If you want to load the initialization script from a different resource, you can also use the spring.ldap.embedded.ldif property.

By default, a standard schema is used to validate LDIF files. You can turn off validation altogether by setting the spring.ldap.embedded.validation.enabled property. If you have custom attributes, you can use spring.ldap.embedded.validation.schema to define your custom attribute types or object classes.

Spring Boot auto-configures an InfluxDB instance, provided the influxdb-java client is on the classpath and the URL of the database is set, as shown in the following example:

spring.influx.url=https://172.0.0.1:8086

If the connection to InfluxDB requires a user and password, you can set the spring.influx.user and spring.influx.password properties accordingly.

InfluxDB relies on OkHttp. If you need to tune the http client InfluxDB uses behind the scenes, you can register an InfluxDbOkHttpClientBuilderProvider bean.