What is the best way to manage configuration data

Question

I am working on a product suite which has 4 products. Right now, all of the configuration data is either in the XML or properties files.This approach is not maintainable as

Answer 1

Config is a configuration file management tool. You can create configuration that is common on all environments, or you can create an environment specific configuration. You can keep using your XML and properties files, and let Config maintain the differences in environment. You can think of Config as your centralized database and it can output the configuration file in the format that you want. Whenever you want your configuration file, just deploy (push or pull) it from Config to your desired location. Note that I'm part of the Config team.