How to Modify Grails 5 Configuration by Adding Groovy Files

Question

I have a large number of Grails 2.5 applications that I want to upgrade to Grails 5, but have been unable to get the configuration to work. In particular, I want my plugin to set up the data source and Spring Security configuration as it did in Grails 2.5.

In my Grails 2.5 applications, I was able to add files to the configuration by adding this code to the top of Config.groovy.

if (!grails.config.location || !(grails.config.location instanceof List)) {
    grails.config.location = []
}
    
grails.config.location << ["classpath:jcc-server-config.properties"]
grails.config.location << ["classpath:SecurityConfig.groovy"]

But this doesn't work in Grails 5. I've tried adding an application.groovy file, but everything defined in the application.yml seems to be set in stone. Has anybody found a way to add a Groovy file to the Grails configuration that will override or add to the settings in application.yml? YAML will not do because I have logic embedded in the configuration to make it work correctly in different environments.

Thanks.

Did you remember to include the external-config dependency? i.e. implementation 'dk.glasius:external-config:3.0.0' — David Brown, Nov 20 '22 at 22:10
Thanks. That gets me a long way toward my goal. Do you know how to access the existing configuration values from within the Groovy files that I include this way? — Big Ed, Nov 22 '22 at 13:49
I found that you use grails.util.Metadata.current.getApplicationName() to get the application name, and the other properties will fill in as before. @DavidBrown - Would you please add your comment as an answer so I can accept it? — Big Ed, Nov 22 '22 at 20:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 23 '22 at 07:11

Did you remember to include the external-config dependency? i.e.

implementation 'dk.glasius:external-config:3.0.0'

Re' your question on accessing config values this way, there should be no difference, in my apps I get to the config either via grailsApplication.config, or if grailsApplication isn't immediately available(e.g. classes under src), then with Holders, i.e. Holders.grailsApplication.config.

How to Modify Grails 5 Configuration by Adding Groovy Files

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