Externalizing Properties in Spring Boot: How to Read External Properties File Outside the Jar

Welcome to our comprehensive YouTube tutorial on how to read properties files that are located outside the Jar in Spring Boot!

**Description:**
In this step-by-step guide, we will show you how to externalize properties files in a Spring Boot application, allowing you to store configuration settings outside the Jar file. This technique is particularly useful when you need to modify configurations without redeploying the application, making it easier to manage different environments and settings.

**What You'll Learn:**
We'll walk you through the entire process of reading properties files from external locations. You'll gain a clear understanding of how to configure Spring Boot to look for properties outside the application Jar file, which offers greater flexibility and better organization of configuration files.

**Topics Covered:**
- Introduction to externalizing properties in Spring Boot
- Creating an external properties file
- Configuring Spring Boot to read from external locations
- Handling property values from different sources
- Best practices for managing external properties

**Who is This Tutorial For?**
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced Spring Boot developer, this tutorial is designed for you. We'll explain the concepts in a beginner-friendly manner and provide insights that will be beneficial to seasoned developers as well.

**Why Externalize Properties?**
Externalizing properties allows you to keep your configuration separate from the application code, making it easier to manage settings in various environments (development, testing, production, etc.). It also facilitates easy changes to configurations without the need to recompile or redeploy the entire application.

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Let's dive into the world of external properties and take control of your Spring Boot application's configurations! Happy coding! 🚀

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[off_road_monk]

Suppose you configure hibernate dependency, and dont keep a application.prop file in classpath, Then does the project gets build to a jar file ? Thanks in advance.

[shankardayal]

// Not working.

Please tell me what is wrong i am doing?

[almspb]

Is it good practise to put the property file outside of the jar file? if so, could you please tell why it's good practise?
Thanks in advance!

[rajv]

Do you have any example how to access Dependency Jar referring to its own application.properties?