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Spring Boot Profiles: How to Manage Environment-Based Configurations
Learn how to use Spring Boot Profiles to manage environment-specific configurations (dev, test, prod). Understand @Profile, application.properties, and application.yml settings.
3 min readMar 3, 2025
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🚀 Introduction to Spring Boot Profiles
Spring Boot Profiles allow applications to load different configurations based on the environment (e.g., development, testing, production).
✅ Why Use Spring Boot Profiles?
✔ Manage Environment-Specific Settings (Database, API Keys, Logging).
✔ Easily Switch Configurations without modifying code.
✔ Use Different Beans for Different Environments (@Profile).
✔ Avoid Hardcoding Environment Variables.
📌 In this guide, you’ll learn:
✅ How Spring Boot Profiles Work.
✅ Using application.properties and application.yml for Profiles.
✅ How to Load Beans Conditionally Using @Profile.
✅ How to Switch Between Profiles.
