<Context docBase="${catalina.base}/webapps/ROOT.war">
    <Parameter name="application.properties" value="/home/users/tomcat/application.properties"/>
</Context>

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/springboot
spring.datasource.username=automation
spring.datasource.password=xxxxxxxxxxxx
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
#comment out below line to create schema on new database
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update