Description

The password to use to connect to the database

This can be omitted if the password is baked into the url (See SQL Server for an example), or if password is provided through another means (such as aws secrets).

Type

String

Default

none

Usage

Flyway Desktop

This can be set from the connection dialog.

Command-line

./flyway -password=mysecretpassword info

To configure a named environment via command line when using a TOML configuration, prefix password with environments.{environment name}. for example:

./flyway -environments.sample.password=mysecretpassword info

TOML Configuration File

[environments.default]
password = "mysecretpassword"

Configuration File

flyway.password=mysecretpassword

Environment Variable

FLYWAY_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword

API

When using the Java API, you configure your JDBC URL, User and Password via a datasource.

Flyway.configure()
    .datasource("jdbc:h2:mem:flyway_db", "myuser", "mysecretpassword")   
    .load()

Gradle

flyway {
    password = 'mysecretpassword'
}

Maven

<configuration>
    <password>mysecretpassword</password>
</configuration>