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CockroachDB Module

Testcontainers module for CockroachDB

Usage example

You can start a CockroachDB container instance from any Java application by using:

CockroachContainer cockroach = new CockroachContainer("cockroachdb/cockroach:v22.2.3")

See Database containers for documentation and usage that is common to all relational database container types.

Testcontainers JDBC URL

jdbc:tc:cockroach:v21.2.3:///databasename

See JDBC for documentation.

Adding this module to your project dependencies

Add the following dependency to your pom.xml/build.gradle file:

testImplementation "org.testcontainers:cockroachdb:1.21.3"
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
    <artifactId>cockroachdb</artifactId>
    <version>1.21.3</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Hint

Adding this Testcontainers library JAR will not automatically add a database driver JAR to your project. You should ensure that your project also has a suitable database driver as a dependency.