fix(use_h2_sonarqube): update readme

Author: romainVanhee

.github/workflows/sonar.yaml

@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ jobs:
           SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ secrets.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
         run: |
           mkdir -p src/test/resources
-          echo ${{ secrets.APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES }} | base64 -d > src/test/resources/application-test.properties
-          echo "spring.sql.init.mode=never" >> src/test/resources/application-test.properties
-          mvn clean verify sonar:sonar -Dsonar.qualitygate.wait=true
+          if [ -n "${{ secrets.APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES }}" ]; then
+            if printf '%s' "${{ secrets.APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES }}" | base64 --decode > src/test/resources/application-test.properties 2>/dev/null; then
+              echo "Loaded APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES as base64"
+            else
+              printf '%s\n' "${{ secrets.APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES }}" > src/test/resources/application-test.properties
+              echo "Loaded APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES as raw text"
+            fi
+          else
+            : > src/test/resources/application-test.properties
+          fi
+          {
+            echo "spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb;MODE=PostgreSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE"
+            echo "spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.h2.Driver"
+            echo "spring.datasource.username=sa"
+            echo "spring.datasource.password="
+            echo "spring.sql.init.mode=never"
+          } >> src/test/resources/application-test.properties
+          ./mvnw clean verify sonar:sonar -Dsonar.qualitygate.wait=true

README.md

@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ Run unit and integration tests:
 ./mvnw test
 ```
 
-Tests use **Testcontainers** to spin up ephemeral Docker containers for external dependencies (e.g. PostgreSQL).
+`SpringBootJavaRandomUserApplicationTests` uses the `test` profile (`application-test.properties`).
+In CI, this file is generated by the Sonar workflow and overridden to use H2 in-memory settings.
 
-> **Prerequisite for tests**: Docker must be installed and running.
+> **Note**: Docker is only required for tests that explicitly use Testcontainers.
 
 ---
 
@@ -136,7 +137,10 @@ A GitHub Actions workflow is configured in:
 ```bash
 .github/workflows/sonar.yaml
 ```
-
+You need to add your own :
+```bash
+src/test/resources/application-test.properties
+```
 ### Workflow triggers
 
 - `push` on all branches
@@ -147,12 +151,6 @@ A GitHub Actions workflow is configured in:
 - Java 25 setup (Temurin)
 - Maven build + tests + SonarQube analysis:
 
-```bash
-mvn clean verify sonar:sonar
-```
-
-The CI command waits for the Quality Gate result:
-
 ```bash
 ./mvnw clean verify sonar:sonar -Dsonar.qualitygate.wait=true
 ```
@@ -162,14 +160,20 @@ Before running tests, the workflow recreates:
 ```bash
 src/test/resources/application-test.properties
 ```
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb;MODE=PostgreSQL;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.h2.Driver
+spring.datasource.username=<your_username>
+spring.datasource.password=
+spring.sql.init.mode=never
 
-from a Base64-encoded GitHub secret.
+and also a github secret named APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES
+with the content of your application-test.properties encoded in base64
 
 ### Required GitHub Secrets
 
 - `SONAR_TOKEN`
 - `SONAR_HOST_URL`
-- `APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES` (Base64-encoded `application-test.properties` content)
+- `APPLICATION_TEST_PROPERTIES` (`application-test.properties` content, Base64 or raw text)
 
 > `GITHUB_TOKEN` is provided automatically by GitHub Actions.