Configuration

Custom configuration

Create a YAML file in the config/ directory, for example: config/neo4j.yml

The content of neo4j.yml can be something like the below (for simplicity, default is used for all environments):

default: &default
  host: localhost
  port: 7474
  username: neo4j
  password: root

development:
  <<: *default

test:
  <<: *default

production:
  <<: *default

in config/application.rb:

module MyApp
  class Application < Rails::Application
    config.neo4j = config_for(:neo4j)
  end
end

Now, your custom config is accessible like below:

Rails.configuration.neo4j['host']
 #=> localhost
Rails.configuration.neo4j['port']
 #=> 7474

More info

Rails official API document describes the config_for method as:

Convenience for loading config/foo.yml for the current Rails env.

If you do not want to use a yaml file

You can configure your own code through the Rails configuration object with custom configuration under the config.x property.

Example

config.x.payment_processing.schedule = :daily
config.x.payment_processing.retries  = 3
config.x.super_debugger = true

These configuration points are then available through the configuration object:

Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.schedule # => :daily
Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.retries  # => 3
Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger              # => true
Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger.not_set      # => nil