Environment variables and JForum configuration

[robert crowther]

Is there any way environment variables can be used to modify JForum properties files? I've tried several variations, found this Stackoverflow post,

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2263929/regarding-application-properties-file-and-environment-variable

but got no return from properties equipped with expanded environment variables bar 'null'.

This would be useful, as it is near impossible to match my local against the deployed config.

[robert crowther]

My conclusion:

Environment variables do not seem to work within property files. However JForum cleanly abstracts it's configuration into a handful of files. If parallel installations of the application are not wanted, duplicate the config files, one for each stage, e.g. development, testing, deployment. In most circumstances,

SystemGlobals.properties

and the appropriate db config,

config > database > {mydatabase} > {mydatabase}.properties

are the only two which will need duplicating.

[robert crowther]

There is much information on this in a later post - if setup configuration is of interest, please see here,
https://coderanch.com/t/627867/jforum/Setting-custom-configuration-variables-JForum