<util:properties id="Job1Props"
    location="classpath:job1.properties"></util:properties>

<util:properties id="Job2Props"
    location="classpath:job2.properties"></util:properties>

java -jar myapp.jar app.config.location=file:./config

<util:properties id="Job2Props"
    location="{app.config.location}/job2.properties"></util:properties>

//psuedo code

if (StringUtils.isBlank(app.config.location)) {
            System.setProperty(APP_CONFIG_LOCATION, "classpath:");
}

-Dspring.config.location=your/config/dir/

-Dspring.config.location=classpath:job1.properties,classpath:job2.properties

@Configuration
public class PropertiesConfiguration {


    @Bean
    public PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer properties() {
        final PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
//        ppc.setIgnoreUnresolvablePlaceholders(true);
        ppc.setIgnoreResourceNotFound(true);

        final List<Resource> resourceLst = new ArrayList<Resource>();

        resourceLst.add(new ClassPathResource("myapp_base.properties"));
        resourceLst.add(new FileSystemResource("/etc/myapp/overriding.propertie"));
        resourceLst.add(new ClassPathResource("myapp_test.properties"));
        resourceLst.add(new ClassPathResource("myapp_developer_overrides.properties")); // for Developer debugging.

        ppc.setLocations(resourceLst.toArray(new Resource[]{}));

        return ppc;
    }

@PropertySource(ignoreResourceNotFound=true,value="classpath:jdbc-${spring.profiles.active}.properties")
public class DBConfig{

     @Value("${jdbc.host}")
        private String jdbcHostName;
     }
}

java -jar target/myapp.jar --spring.config.location=classpath:file:///C:/Apps/springtest/jdbc.properties,classpath:file:///C:/Apps/springtest/jdbc-dev.properties

set spring.profiles.active=dev

set spring.profiles.active=default

$ chmod 766 application.properties

$ chown tomcat application.properties

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.PathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

import static java.util.Arrays.stream;

@Configuration
public class PropertiesConfig {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PropertiesConfig.class);

    private final static String PROPERTIES_FILENAME = "user.properties";

    @Value("${properties.location:}")
    private String propertiesLocation;

    @Bean
    Properties userProperties() throws IOException {
        final Resource[] possiblePropertiesResources = {
                new ClassPathResource(PROPERTIES_FILENAME),
                new PathResource("config/" + PROPERTIES_FILENAME),
                new PathResource(PROPERTIES_FILENAME),
                new PathResource(getCustomPath())
        };
        // Find the last existing properties location to emulate spring boot application.properties discovery
        final Resource propertiesResource = stream(possiblePropertiesResources)
                .filter(Resource::exists)
                .reduce((previous, current) -> current)
                .get();
        final Properties userProperties = new Properties();

        userProperties.load(propertiesResource.getInputStream());

        LOG.info("Using {} as user resource", propertiesResource);

        return userProperties;
    }

    private String getCustomPath() {
        return propertiesLocation.endsWith(".properties") ? propertiesLocation : propertiesLocation + PROPERTIES_FILENAME;
    }

}

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.PathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;

import static java.util.Arrays.stream;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toMap;

@Configuration
class PropertiesConfig {

    private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PropertiesConfig.class);
    private final static String[] PROPERTIES_FILENAMES = {"job1.properties", "job2.properties", "job3.properties"};

    @Value("${properties.location:}")
    private String propertiesLocation;

    @Bean
    Map<String, Properties> myProperties() {
        return stream(PROPERTIES_FILENAMES)
                .collect(toMap(filename -> filename, this::loadProperties));
    }

    private Properties loadProperties(final String filename) {
        final Resource[] possiblePropertiesResources = {
                new ClassPathResource(filename),
                new PathResource("config/" + filename),
                new PathResource(filename),
                new PathResource(getCustomPath(filename))
        };
        final Resource resource = stream(possiblePropertiesResources)
                .filter(Resource::exists)
                .reduce((previous, current) -> current)
                .get();
        final Properties properties = new Properties();

        try {
            properties.load(resource.getInputStream());
        } catch(final IOException exception) {
            throw new RuntimeException(exception);
        }

        LOG.info("Using {} as user resource", resource);

        return properties;
    }

    private String getCustomPath(final String filename) {
        return propertiesLocation.endsWith(".properties") ? propertiesLocation : propertiesLocation + filename;
    }

}

@Configuration
@Profile("one")
@PropertySource("file:/{selected location}/app.properties")
public class TestClass {

    @Autowired
    Environment env;

    @Bean
    public boolean test() {
        System.out.println(env.getProperty("test.one"));
        return true;
    }
}

test.one = 1234

@SpringBootApplication

public class TestApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(testApplication.class, args);
    }
}

spring.profiles.active = one

@Value("${test.one}")
String str;

spring.profiles.active=local

spring.data.mongodb.host=localhost
spring.data.mongodb.port=27017
spring.data.mongodb.database=users
spring.data.mongodb.username=humble_freak
spring.data.mongodb.password=freakone

spring.rabbitmq.host=localhost
spring.rabbitmq.username=guest
spring.rabbitmq.password=guest
spring.rabbitmq.port=5672

rabbitmq.publish=true

mvn spring-boot:run -Drun.profiles=local
mvn spring-boot:run -Drun.profiles=qa
mvn spring-boot:run -Drun.profiles=prod