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# Configuring database services using the administrative console

## Steps

1. In the administrative console, go to **Configuration > Policy Decision Service**.

2. In the **Policy Information Provider: Database Pools Configuration** section, configure the following database pool properties:

   | Property                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   | --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   | **Database Pools Read Only**                  | Specifies whether the database pools are read-only. Some database types do not support the read-only mode. If the database type does not support the read-only mode, the database pools will be read-write regardless of the value of this property.                                                                                             |
   | **Database Pools Max Pool Size**              | Specifies the maximum number of connections in a database pool.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
   | **Database Pools Connection Timeout Seconds** | Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a connection request waits for an available connection in the database pool.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
   | **Database Pool Validation Timeout Seconds**  | Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a database pool tests a connection for aliveness.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
   | **Database Pool Max Lifetime Seconds**        | Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a connection stays in the database pool. The database pool will only remove a connection if the maximum lifetime elapses and the connection is no longer active.Setting this property to any value between 0 and 30 has no effect.Setting this property to 0 makes the maximum lifetime indefinite. |

   ![Screen capture of the Policy Information Provider: Database Pools Configuration section in the administrative console](_images/mki1718902300773.png)

3. To add a database driver other than PostgreSQL or Oracle, go to the **Policy Information Provider allowed Database Drivers** section and click **New Policy Information Provider Allowed Database Driver**.

4. In the **Name** field, enter the name of the database driver in the format `.driver.`

5. In the **Driver Class Name** field, enter the fully qualified Java class name of the database driver.

   ![Screen capture of the New Policy Information Provider Allowed Database Driver wizard with sample values in the Name and Driver Class Name fields](_images/xyj1718902027108.png)