2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/vid-ext-services-simulator/src/main/java/org/onap/simulator/controller/SimulatorController.java b/vid-ext-services-simulator/src/main/java/org/onap/simulator/controller/SimulatorController.java
index 3845c7419..aec437806 100644
--- a/vid-ext-services-simulator/src/main/java/org/onap/simulator/controller/SimulatorController.java
+++ b/vid-ext-services-simulator/src/main/java/org/onap/simulator/controller/SimulatorController.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package org.onap.simulator.controller;
 
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isEmpty;
 import static org.mockserver.integration.ClientAndServer.startClientAndServer;
 import static org.mockserver.matchers.Times.exactly;
 import static org.mockserver.model.JsonBody.json;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
@@ -107,11 +109,20 @@ public class SimulatorController {
 
     private void initJPA() {
         if (enableJPA) {
-            entityManagerFactory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("vid");
+            entityManagerFactory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("vid", overrideConnectionUrl());
             entityManager = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
         }
     }
 
+    private Map<Object, Object> overrideConnectionUrl() {
+        final String connectionUrlEnvProperty = "hibernate.connection.url";
+        if (isEmpty(System.getProperty(connectionUrlEnvProperty))) {
+            return Collections.emptyMap();
+        } else {
+            return ImmutableMap.of(connectionUrlEnvProperty, System.getProperty(connectionUrlEnvProperty));
+        }
+    }
+
     @PreDestroy
     public void tearDown(){
         logger.info("Stopping VID Simulator....");
diff --git a/vid-ext-services-simulator/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/vid-ext-services-simulator/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index 9e4453feb..448b5b380 100644
--- a/vid-ext-services-simulator/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/vid-ext-services-simulator/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
             <property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="false" />
             <property name="hibernate.format_sql" value="false" />
             <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDB103Dialect" />
-            <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="validate" />
+            <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="none" />
             <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class" value="org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"/>
             <property name="hibernate.connection.username" value="euser"/>
             <property name="hibernate.connection.password" value="euser"/>