How to update external config files without rebuilding war file in Grails
How to update external config files (e.g.: config-ex.groovy , config-ex.properties ) without rebuilding the war file in Grails? Restarting the application server will apply the new updates from external config files. If I understand well you want to externalized Grails config outside the war. You can define an external config in your config.groovy like this grails.config.locations = ["file:path/to/your/Configfile.groovy"] See the Grails doc 4.4 Externalized Configuration Define your external Grails config with: grails.config.locations = ["file:some/path/to/Config.groovy"] Then to reload them