Configuration depending on launch mode

Question

Play can be launched in dev mode (via run), in production mode (via start) or in test mode. Is there a way to provide a different config file (co

Answer 1

You can set a different config file using one of the 3 ways play gives to you:

1 - Using -Dconfig.resource

It will search for an alternative configuration file in the application classpath (you usually provide these alternative configuration files into your application conf/ directory before packaging). Play will look into conf/ so you don’t have to add conf/.

$ /path/to/bin/ -Dconfig.resource=prod.conf

2 - Using -Dconfig.file

You can also specify another local configuration file not packaged into the application artifacts:

$ /path/to/bin/ -Dconfig.file=/opt/conf/prod.conf

3 - Using -Dconfig.url

You can also specify a configuration file to be loaded from any URL:

$ /path/to/bin/ -Dconfig.url=http://conf.mycompany.com/conf/prod.conf

Checkout more on:

https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.3.x/ProductionConfiguration