Booting an encrypted database

You must specify the encryption key with the bootPassword=key attribute for an encrypted database when you boot it (which is the first time you connect to it within a JVM session or after shutting it down within the same JVM session). For more information about data encryption, see Encrypting databases on disk.

jdbc:derby:encryptedDB;bootPassword=DBpassword
Related tasks
Shutting down Derby or an individual database
Creating and accessing a database
Providing a user name and password
Encrypting a database when you create it
Specifying attributes in a properties object
Related reference
Using the databaseName attribute