Liferay 7.2 - MySQL connection
Liferay 7.2 - MySQL connection To connect Liferay to MySQL DB - add the following lines to portal-setup-wizard.properties file: jdbc.default.driverClassName=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver jdbc.default.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/my_liferay_db?serverTimezone=Europe/Istanbul&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8&useFastDateParsing=false jdbc.default.username=root jdbc.default.password=my_root_password Replace my_liferay_db with your database name and my_root_password with your root's MySQL password. Hints Use com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver MySQL driver, as old one will not work 7.2; serverTimezone parameter should be specified (as in sample above); you may use the same connection string for MySQL connection in IntelliJ IDEA: