Boot Configure

Boot Configure by Application is an open-source project that provides a mechanism to configure Spring Boot applications with properties from various sources outside of the application.

Some benefits of using Boot Configure by Application include the ability to easily switch configurations for different environments, the ability to externalize configurations without having to modify the application code, and the ability to share common configurations across multiple applications.

Boot Configure by Application works by allowing you to specify a set of configuration sources in a specific order. When your Spring Boot application starts up, it reads configuration properties from these sources in order until it finds a value for each property.

Boot Configure by Application supports several types of configuration sources including properties files, YAML files, environment variables, and command-line arguments.

To use Boot Configure by Application in your Spring Boot application, you need to add it as a dependency to your project and configure your application.yaml or application.properties file to specify the configuration sources and their order.

Yes, you can override properties set in a higher priority configuration source by defining them in a lower priority configuration source with the same name. For example, you could define a property in an environment variable and then override it with a property in a properties file.

No, Boot Configure by Application is specifically designed to work with Spring Boot applications and requires the Spring Framework to function properly.

Yes, Boot Configure by Application is compatible with Spring Cloud Config Server. You can use Boot Configure by Application to externalize configuration properties and then have Spring Cloud Config Server manage those properties across multiple applications.

Boot Configure by Application provides several mechanisms for securing sensitive configuration properties such as encryption and decryption of those properties using Jasypt or Hashicorp Vault. Additionally, you should take care not to expose sensitive information in your configuration sources or store them in an insecure location.

Yes, you can use Boot Configure by Application with other libraries and frameworks that use the Spring Environment abstraction such as Spring Cloud and Spring Integration.