{"id":20531,"date":"2024-03-15T20:36:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-priority-order-of-configuring-files-in-spring-boot\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T18:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:18:49","slug":"what-is-the-priority-order-of-configuring-files-in-spring-boot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-priority-order-of-configuring-files-in-spring-boot\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the priority order of configuring files in Spring Boot?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The priority order of Spring Boot configuration files is as follows:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The external property file specified by the @PropertySource annotation on the SpringApplication class has the highest priority.<\/li>\n
  2. configuration\/<\/li>\n
  3. Configuration folder<\/li>\n
  4. active profiles for spring applications<\/li>\n
  5. properties file for the application’s profile<\/li>\n
  6. configuration file for a specific profile- application-{profile}.yml<\/li>\n
  7. active profiles in spring<\/li>\n
  8. properties file for an application<\/li>\n
  9. settings file in YAML format<\/li>\n
  10. @TestConfiguration can be paraphrased as “Configuration for testing.”<\/li>\n
  11. Using the @TestPropertySource tag<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note: Properties used in the configuration file can be injected into other components of the application using the @Value annotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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