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+# Default Datasource configuration
+
+## Decision
+
+All SQL store extensions, if the specific datasource name is not configured should fall back to the default one.
+
+## Rationale
+
+Each SQL store implementation as of today needs to have at least one mandatory configuration
+parameter `edc.datasource.<entity>.name` and then in case additional parameters as `url`, `user`, `password` and so on.
+
+This is powerful for fine-grained configuration and deployment. For simpler case and scenario all the store should
+default to a common datasource name, that will be easier to configure.
+
+## Approach
+
+All the SQL store extension will default to a common datasource name defined
+in `DataSourceRegistry#DEFAULT_DATASOURCE` (**default**)
+and then users can configure a single datasource like this:
+
+```
+edc.datasource.default.user=
+edc.datasource.default.password=
+edc.datasource.default.url=
+...
+```
+
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 - [2023-06-30-allow-use-of-testcontainers](2023-06-30-allow-use-of-testcontainers/)
 - [2023-06-30 Sync Commands](2023-07-19-sync-commands)
 - [2023-06-30 State Machine guards](2023-07-20-state-machine-guards)
+- [2023-08-01 Default datasource](2023-08-01-default-datasource)