Spring Boot : Properties file

Properties file

• Default properties file is application.properties
• Default profiles file is application-default.properties

If application have the following properties file

// application.properties
app.msg=Hello World
app.version=1.0.0

// application-default.properties
app.msg=Default

// application-prod.properties
app.msg=Prod

java -jar app.jar should get

app.msg=Default
app.version=1.0.0

java -jar -Dspring.profiles.active=prod app.jar should get

app.msg=Prod
app.version=1.0.0

Start Spring Boot with profile

// Java 
java -jar -Dspring.profiles.active=prod app.jar

// Maven
mvn spring-boot:run -Dspring-boot.run.profiles=prod

Windows PowerShell required double quote around parameter

java -jar "-Dspring.profiles.active=prod app.jar"
mvn spring-boot:run "-Dspring-boot.run.profiles=prod"