springboot tests using application.properties with environment variables - java

I have spring application that uses three datasources, the details are stored in my application.properties file.
I am looking to use environment variables for the usernames and passwords, see below:
spring.datasource1.username=${DB1_Username}spring.datasource1.password=${DB1_Password}
This is works fine when i start the application normally but not when i run the tests. I get the following error when i try to run a test:
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Login failed for user '${DB1_Username}'.
Can environment variables not be used in the application.properties file when running tests? Or am i doing something stupid?

may be your application.properties file not located at right location. and you need to configure the property file into spring boot configuration. for application.properties file configuration you can refer bellow link :-
https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/boot-features-external-config.html

Spring automatically takes up the property file from
src/test/resources/application.properties
when you are running test.If you are using the #TestPropertySource annotation like
#TestPropertySource("classpath:application.properties")
if you keep the test application.properties in the test resources folder , it should get automatically picked up.
If you are having issues while resolving :
spring.datasource1.username=${DB1_Username}
spring.datasource1.password=${DB1_Password}
try providing the values in application.properties and put it in the directory src/test/resources/ .
Another method is to use spring profiles, you can specify spring profiles to run tests.Specify a 'test' spring profile to run all your tests and provide an application-test.properties or application-test.yml file which contains the necessary test properties.
Read for more details: Load different application.yml in SpringBoot Test

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Read active application.properties from jar - injected by maven

I want to read Spring's boot active application.properties file a jar file that I add as Maven dependency.
We mange environment params via 3-4 files under publish folder, for example:
-publish
--some.project-application.properties.test
--some.project-application.properties.dev
in the project root so I cannot use PropertySources(different file name per env).
So is there is a way to read the active(in use) application.properties file?
Is using #Value annotation will work without any configuration?
I think you should use spring naming conventions(application.properties, application-dev.properties), so that spring will automatically take the correct property file from the class path.
Also, refer : How to resolve placeholder in properties file with values from another properties file in spring boot application

Load data only from test/resources while testing with Spring Boot

I have an Spring Boot application integrated with Hibernate for the database persistence.
I have two different data.sql files:
One in src/main/resources for database initialization
One in src/test/resources for testing purposes
While testing, both of them are loaded before any test class. However, I only want to load the test/resources one, leaving the main/resources only and solely for app initialization.
How can I do that?
Thanks.
You should change the spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create to update (it only updates the changes from the .sql file), because with create each time that the app runs, "cleans the DB", so thats why the both .sql are processed each time.
I hope this solve your problem.
if test class is starting the spring boot application then i don`t think that you can stop loading the main/resources .sql file.
but if you want to load the .sql file from test/resources just before/after the execution of methods(in test class) then you can use #SqlGroup annotation.
#SqlGroup({
#Sql(executionPhase = Sql.ExecutionPhase.BEFORE_TEST_METHOD, scripts = "classpath:beforeTestRun.sql"),
#Sql(executionPhase = Sql.ExecutionPhase.AFTER_TEST_METHOD, scripts = "classpath:afterTestRun.sql")
})
You can add the following configuration (at least in spring boot 2) to your test application.yaml or application.properties file.
spring:
datasource:
data: data.sql
Once this value is set spring boot will only load the test data.sql when running tests.
Maintain a separate properties file for test as it will help you in segregating the things between test and development.
application.properties for dev
application-local.properties for local env
application-test.properties for test
Have profiles according to your need and have properties with respect to profiles.
Another alternative is to override the properties based on your need.

How to change Spring Boot properties default path in Tomcat development environment

I need to use two *.properties file to determine config of Spring Boot application server. How can I set the second configuration path?
I use spring-boot-starter-parent version 1.5.10 and such *.properties file:
spring.datasource.url=url
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=password
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
spring.datasource.type=com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource
spring.jpa.show-sql=false
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialec
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.current_session_context_class=
org.springframewok.orm.hibernate4.SpringSessionContext
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.enable_lazy_load_no_trans=true
spring.datasource.hikari.minimum-idle=5
spring.datasource.hikari.maximum-pool-size=10
spring.datasource.hikari.idle-timeout=30000
Now, I need to address database info from another properties file.
Edit: Note that I need to put second properties file outside of my WAR file in WEB-INF folder.
(1) This is best practices when switching between development mode and production environment.
https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/boot-features-profiles.html#boot-features-profiles
Reference for version 1.5.10.RELEASE: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/1.5.10.RELEASE/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-external-config-profile-specific-properties
For more specific, you create 3 files
application.properties for common properties.
application-dev.properties for only own properties what used in profile dev
application-production.properties for only own properties what used in profile production
(Notice: Has convention over naming)
Point profile what used, in application.properties has line spring.profiles.active=dev (in development) or spring.profiles.active=production (in production)
(2)
Note that I need to put second properties file outside of my WAR file
in WEB-INF folder.
Assumption, your file is foo.properties. It is outside WAR file, it has not nature of Spring's properties file. Therefore, Spring Framework/Spring Boot can not read it automatically. You must write few lines of Java code to reading the content of foo.properties, then assign to configuration manually (see example configuration class)
You can access multiple of properties file using #PropertySource
Follow the following stackoverflow thread.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/47178674/7538821

Spring boot external configuration of property file

I have a spring boot application that I can package in a war that I want to deploy to different environments. To automate this deployment it'd be easier to have the configuration file externalized.
Currently everything works fine with a application.properties file in src/main/resources. Then I use ´mvn install´ to build a war deployable to tomcat.
But I would like to use a .yml file that does not need to be present on mvn install but that would be read from during deployment of the war and is in the same or a directory relative to my war.
24. externalized configuration shows where spring boot will look for files and 72.3 Change the location of external properties of an application gives more detail on how to configure this but I just do not understand how to translate this to my code.
My application class looks like this:
package be.ugent.lca;
Updated below
Do I need to add a #PropertySource to this file? How would I refer to a certain relative path?
I feel like it's probably documented in there as most spring boot documentation but I just don't understand how they mean me to do this.
EDIT
Not sure if this should be a separate issue but I think it's still related.
Upon setting the os variable the error of yaml file not found went away. Yet I still get the same error again as when I had no application .properties or .yml file.
Application now looks like this:
#Configuration
**#PropertySource("file:${application_home}/application.yml")**
#ComponentScan({"be.ugent.lca","be.ugent.sherpa.configuration"})
#EnableAutoConfiguration
#EnableSpringDataWebSupport
public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer{
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
The application_home OS variable
$ echo $application_home
C:\Masterproef\clones\la15-lca-web\rest-service\target
My application.yml file(part it complains about):
sherpa:
package:
base: be.ugent.lca
Error upon java -jar *.war
All variations upon:
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not resolve placeholder 'sherpa.package.base' in string value "${sherpa.package.base}"
at org.springframework.util.PropertyPlaceholderHelper.parseStringValue(PropertyPlaceholderHelper.java:174)
at org.springframework.util.PropertyPlaceholderHelper.replacePlaceholders(PropertyPlaceholderHelper.java:126)
at org.springframework.core.env.AbstractPropertyResolver.doResolvePlaceholders(AbstractPropertyResolver.java:204)
at org.springframework.core.env.AbstractPropertyResolver.resolveRequiredPlaceholders(AbstractPropertyResolver.java:178)
at org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer$2.resolveStringValue(PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer.java:172)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.resolveEmbeddedValue(AbstractBeanFactory.java:808)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1027)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1014)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:545)
... 142 more
Using external properties files
The answer lies in the Spring Boot Docs, I'll try to break it down for you.
First of all, no you should not use #PropertySource when working with Yaml configuration, as mentioned here under the Yaml shortcomings :
YAML files can’t be loaded via the #PropertySource annotation. So in the case that you need to load values that way, you need to use a properties file.
So, how to load propery files? That is explained here Application Property Files
One is loaded for you: application.yml , place it in one of the directories as mentioned in the link above. This is great for your general configuration.
Now for your environment specific configuration (and stuff like passwords) you want to use external property files, how to do that is also explained in that section :
If you don’t like application.properties as the configuration file name you can switch to another by specifying a spring.config.name environment property. You can also refer to an explicit location using the spring.config.location environment property (comma-separated list of directory locations, or file paths).
So you use the spring.config.location environment property.
Imagine you have an external config file: application-external.yml in the conf/ dir under your home directory, just add it like this:
-Dspring.config.location=file:${home}/conf/application-external.yml as a startup parameter of your JVM.
If you have multiple files, just seperate them with a comma. Note that you can easily use external properties like this to overwrite properties, not just add them.
I would advice to test this by getting your application to work with just your internal application.yml file , and then overwrite a (test) property in your external properties file and log the value of it somewhere.
Bind Yaml properties to objects
When working with Yaml properties I usually load them with #ConfigurationProperties, which is great when working with for example lists or a more complex property structure. (Which is why you should use Yaml properties, for straightforward properties you are maybe better of using regular property files). Read this for more information: Type-Safe Configuration properties
Extra: loading these properties in IntelliJ, Maven and JUnit tests
Sometimes you want to load these properties in your maven builds or when performing tests. Or just for local development with your IDE
If you use IntelliJ for development you can easily add this by adding it to your Tomcat Run Configuration : "Run" -> "Edit Configurations" , select your run configuration under "Tomcat Server" , check the Server tab and add it under "VM Options".
To use external configuration files in your Maven build : configure the maven surefire plugin like this in your pom.xml:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<argLine>-Dspring.config.location=file:${home}/conf/application-external.yml</argLine>
</configuration>
</plugin>
When running JUnit tests in IntelliJ:
Run → Edit Configurations
Defaults → JUnit
add VM Options -> -ea -Dspring.config.location=file:${home}/conf/application-external.yml
Yes, you need to use #PropertySource as shown below.
The important point here is that you need to provide the application_home property (or choose any other name) as OS environment variable or System property or you can pass as a command line argument while launching Spring boot. This property tells where the configuration file (.properties or .yaml) is exactly located (example: /usr/local/my_project/ etc..)
#Configuration
#PropertySource("file:${application_home}config.properties")//or specify yaml file
#ComponentScan({"be.ugent.lca","be.ugent.sherpa.configuration"})
#EnableAutoConfiguration
#EnableSpringDataWebSupport
public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer{
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}
There is a very simple way to achieve this.
Inside your original application.properties file you can just specify the following line:
spring.config.import=file:Directory_To_The_File/Property_Name.properties
It will automatically sync all the properties from the external property file.
Now lets say that you have a situation where you need to get properties from multiple property files. In that case, you can mention the same line in the external property file which in turn will take the remaining properties from the second property file and so on.
Consider the following example.
application.properties:
spring.config.import=file:Resources/Custom1.properties
Custom1.properties:
server.port=8090
.
.
.
spring.config.import=file:Resources/Custom2.properties
One of the easiest way to use externalized property file using system environment variable is, in application.properties file you can use following syntax:
spring.datasource.url = ${OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_HOST}:${OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PORT}/"nameofDB"
spring.datasource.username = ${OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_USERNAME}
spring.datasource.password = ${OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PORT}
Now, declare above used environment variables,
export OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_HOST="jdbc:mysql://localhost"
export OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PORT="3306"
export OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_USERNAME="root"
export OPENSHIFT_MYSQL_DB_PASSWORD="123asd"
This way you can use different value for same variable in different environments.
Use below code in your boot class:
#PropertySource({"classpath:omnicell-health.properties"})
use below code in your controller:
#Autowired
private Environment env;

Custom config location and config name on Spring Boot

I'm trying to customize Spring Boot config location and config name using spring.config.name and spring.config.location properties as I've saw on Spring Boot reference guide
I've created an Spring Boot basic application to test it.
I'm able to customize it using OS environment variable like export SPRING_CONFIG_NAME=custom and/or export SPRING_CONFIG_LOCATION=classpath:/custom/location.properties. That works fine!
But I want to know, if it's possible to define spring.config.name=custom on default application.properties and then create a custom.properties file where I'll be able to define all application configuration properties.
I've checked it, and seems that it's not working defining spring.config.name property on application.properties... but I want to know if this is a valid way to do it before to create an issue on gitHub.
Regards,
From spring documentation:
spring.config.location environment property (comma-separated list of
directory locations, or file paths)
Moreover, code in ConfigFileApplicationListener shows that if there if no environment property, processing fallbacks to:
DEFAULT_SEARCH_LOCATIONS = "classpath:/,classpath:/config/,file:./,file:./config/";
And for the name:
DEFAULT_NAMES = "application";
So it is normal that what you are doing is not working.

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