2014-12-02-pass-env-from-command-line.md

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post	Set environment from command line	2014-12-02 08:48:45 -0800	true		This post describes how to change Alfresco environment for DB connection using command line arguments.	alfresco

In module-context.xml add following bean:

{% highlight xml %} classpath:alfresco/module/${artifactId}/${alfresco.env}.properties {% endhighlight xml %}

Datasource:

{% highlight xml %}

{% endhighlight xml %}

.properties files. In my case I have two files prod.properties and dev.properties. Basically you just pass the name of the properties file.

{% highlight properties %} host=someHost username=someUser password=somePassword {% endhighlight properties %}

Now you just need to pass custom VM option parameter when you start alfresco. For instance in Intellij IDEA you can create maven run configuration and specify this parameter there:

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