filename must be application when use git for repo.

[dchack]

I read many documents and resource codes, found it is not simple if i want change the filename about properties file on git,because spring cloud config only load {application} whole words only matched filename.
the code is here:
org.springframework.cloud.config.server.environment.NativeEnvironmentRepository#getArgs

My question is why spring cloud config don't load all properties file by folder name or custom the filename? so, there are any way to solve this problem?

[spencergibb]

We're using standard spring boot mechanisms to load the properties. Not doesn't load by folder. What other name would you want other than application name?

[dchack]

@spencergibb tanks for your reply. When the properties become big,i just want to split the file to some small file.For example: application=message, my properties file like this: message-service. properties;
message-switch,message-globle. properties.but it's can't work.
And there is no way to change the mechanisms to load.I must put all properties in to one file.

[tdanylchuk]

you may use profiles for this purpose:

service-name-switch.properties
service-name-globle.properties

and in service-name.properties class add spring.profiles.include=switch,globle
in this case you will load all properties from general properties file + small ones

[dchack]

@tdanylchuk Yes, you are right.But there are tow points to change when add a new small properties.

[dchack]

@tdanylchuk @tdanylchuk hi,I found use spring.profiles.include can't work, when config client request server, the parameter "name" is use spring.cloud.name or spring.cloud.config.name.
So,I get an other way to fix it. spring.cloud.config.name=message,message-switch,and server will load two file: message. properties and message-switch. properties. But i don't know whether it's a best practice.

[tdanylchuk]

I've checked spring.profiles.include property and it works fine and as expected.
Can you show how it's not work for you?

Unfortunately I can't say what is bad\good practice, members could say more, but IMHO you should omit using spring.cloud.config.name in such particular case.

[dchack]

@spencergibb @tdanylchuk
hi, use spring.cloud.config.nameis not very flexible,because it is in clients.
If i want add properties name like : reds.properties;mysql.properties;memcache.properties.I can't change all clients properties.so i get a new way to fix it.
Add a Interceptor to config-server,and append string ",mysql,redis,memcache"to the parameter："name". so all "mysql,redis,memcache" properties will be load.
ok, it looks not good.Can we make org.springframework.cloud.config.server.environment.NativeEnvironmentRepository#getArgs to be public or give some way to custom the name about properties, or you can give me some suggests. Thank you very mach.

The Interceptor code:

public class EnvironmentFindOneInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {

    @Value("${config.addition.profiles}")
    private String configAdditionProfiles;

    @Override
    public boolean preHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler)
            throws Exception {
        Map uriTemplateVariables = (Map)request.getAttribute(HandlerMapping.URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE);
        if(uriTemplateVariables == null){
            return true;
        }
        String name = (String)uriTemplateVariables.get("name");

        if(name != null){
            name = name.endsWith(",")?name + configAdditionProfiles : name + "," + configAdditionProfiles;
        }else{
            name = configAdditionProfiles;
        }
        uriTemplateVariables.put("name", name);
        request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE, uriTemplateVariables);
        return true;
    }
}

[tdanylchuk]

if you want to apply reds.properties;mysql.properties;memcache.properties. to all clients, you can create

application-mysql.properties
application-memcache.properties
and so on.

So if your service needs some of these properties - put profile in your my-service.properties
spring.profiles.include=mysql,memcache

Not all services needs to have e.g. redis properties, so if it need such - just add needed one to profile.

[shouwangqing]

I have the same problem with you, and I use @tdanylchuk 's method to solve it. but now how do you solve another type of configs, like logback-spring.xml，do you put the logback-spring.xml to the github or put the logback-spring.xml to the resources path。do spring cloud config only manages *.properties file?