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description: To create or delete allowed database drivers in the PingAuthorize server, use the dsconfig create-policy-information-provider-allowed-database-driver or the dsconfig delete-policy-information-provider-allowed-database-driver command.
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  configuring-database-services-using-dsconfig: Configuring database services using dsconfig
  steps: Steps
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# Configuring database services using `dsconfig`

## Steps

* To create or delete allowed database drivers in the PingAuthorize server, use the `dsconfig create-policy-information-provider-allowed-database-driver` or the `dsconfig delete-policy-information-provider-allowed-database-driver` command.

  With the `--drivername` argument, specify the name of the database driver in the format `.driver`.

  With the `--set driver-class-name` argument, specify the fully qualified Java class name of the database driver.

  ### Example:

  ```
  dsconfig create-policy-information-provider-allowed-database-driver --drivername example.driver --set driver-class-name:org.example.driver
  ```

* To configure the database pool properties, use the `dsconfig set-policy-decision-service-prop` command and include the following arguments:

  | Argument                                          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
  | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
  | `--set 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.                                                                                                   |
  | `--set database-pools-max-pool-size`              | Specifies the maximum number of connections in a database pool.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
  | `--set database-pools-connection-timeout-seconds` | Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a connection request waits for an available connection in the database pool.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
  | `--set database-pools-validation-timeout-seconds` | Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a database pool tests a connection for aliveness.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
  | `--set database-pools-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 will have no effect.Setting this property to 0 makes the maximum lifetime indefinite. |