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Allen
Allen

Reputation:

Override grails.serverURL and application specific grails.propname settings in application.properties file

I need to override grails.serverURL at runtime without having to regenerate the application's WAR file. I have tried various ways of setting grails.serverURL in the application.properties file and cannot get it to work.

Here is the environment specific portion of Config.groovy:

environments {
   prod
   {
      grails.serverURL = "http://nonexistentserver.somecompany.com:8080"
      grails.anotherappspecificURL = "xcc://user:[email protected]"
   }

Basically, our application.properties looks like this:

grails.env=prod
grails.war.deployed=true
app.grails.version=1.0.4
app.name=myapp

Below is one of the ways I have tried to override the settings. These are defined in Config.groovy:

grails.serverURL=http://webserver1.somecompany.com:8080
grails.anotherappspecificURL=xcc://admin:[email protected]

Any help with getting this to work without having to make code changes would be greatly appreciated!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6959

Answers (3)

Big Ed
Big Ed

Reputation: 1244

I've found that externalized configuration is a little tricky (as of Grails 1.3.7). You have to put your file into grails.config.locations in Config.groovy

grails.config.locations << 'classpath:my-config-file.groovy'

But you can't access the properties without adding another file. I've made it work by putting a new configuration file into grails-app/conf and adding it to the classpath by adding the following to scripts/Events.groovy.

eventCompileEnd = {
    ant.copy(todir:classesDirPath) {
      fileset(file:"${basedir}/grails-app/conf/SecurityConfig.groovy")
    }
}

You can find more information at https://stackoverflow.com/a/9789506/1269312

Upvotes: 0

mikermcneil
mikermcneil

Reputation: 11271

This may not be relevant, but I noticed you're missing quotation marks in your grails.serverURL

Upvotes: 0

John Wagenleitner
John Wagenleitner

Reputation: 11035

The proper way to override values in Config.groovy is to use an external properties file, see:

http://grails.org/doc/1.1.x/guide/3.%20Configuration.html#3.4%20Externalized%20Configuration

Specify an external properties file in Config.groovy, for example:

grails.config.locations = [ "classpath:app-config.properties"]

In the properties file (can be stored in grails-app/conf/) specify the override value:

grails.serverURL=http://webserver1.somecompany.com:8080

Anytime you need to change the serverURL once the war is deployed just modify the properties file in /WEB-INF/classes/app-config.properties and reload the context.

Upvotes: 3

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