Bug Report: Wrong info on notation of password alias key in the Domain Admin Console

[rrohm]

Brief Summary

The Domain Admin Console describes the usage of password aliases in lower case notation:

To get it working for JDBC Connection Pool passwords, the notation of the key must be upper case:

Expected Outcome

JDBC connection pool ping should succeed, if the password property uses a password alias as described in the Domain Admin Console.

Current Outcome

JDBC connection pool ping fails due to authentication error, if the descibed lower case notation ${alias=....} is used. Connection ping succeeds if upper case notation ${ALIAS=...} is used.

Reproducer

This can be reproduced by:

• defining a password alias for a database user password
• defining a JDBC connection pool (I tested it with PostgreSQL)
• ping the connection pool with plain text password to make sure connection is set up correctly
• set the password property to the alias with slower case key: ${alias=....}
• ping the connection. It fails due to authentication error.
• set the password property to the alias with upper case key: ${ALIAS=...}
• ping the connection. It works.

Operating System

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

JDK Version

openjdk 21.0.11 2026-04-21

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