carolclarinet:
  FOO: one
  BAR: two

File: config/environment.rb
# Mechanism to load all application related configurations
$CONFIG_FILE = "/var/myapp/config/jsconfig.yml"
require 'yaml'
APP_CONFIG = YAML.load_file($CONFIG_FILE)
APP_CONFIG.each do |key, value|
  ENV[key] = value
end

#3rd Party Server's (that my application is using) Configurations here...
3RD_PARTY_SERVER_URL = ENV['3rd_party_webservice_endpoint_url']
3RD_PARTY_SERVER_CREDENTIALS = {:username => ENV['3rd_party_server_username'], :password=> ENV['3rd_party_server_password']}


File: /var/myapp/config/jsconfig.yml
3rd_party_webservice_endpoint_url: url
3rd_party_server_username: username
3rd_party_server_password: password
myapp_db_url: jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE
myapp_db_username: kartz
myapp_db_password: rails_savvy


File: /var/myapp/config/database.yml
development:
  adapter: oracle_enhanced
  url: <%= ENV['myapp_db_url'] %>
  username: <%= ENV['myapp_db_username'] %>
  password: <%= ENV['myapp_db_password'] %>
  encoding: utf8

test:
  adapter: oracle_enhanced
  url: <%= ENV['myapp_db_url'] %>
  username: <%= ENV['myapp_db_username'] %>
  password: <%= ENV['myapp_db_password'] %>
  encoding: utf8

production:
  adapter: oracle_enhanced
  url: <%= ENV['myapp_db_url'] %>
  username: <%= ENV['myapp_db_username'] %>
  password: <%= ENV['myapp_db_password'] %>
  encoding: utf8