Property ‘spring.profiles.active’ imported from location ‘class path resource [application-local.properties]’ is invalid in a profile specific resource

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In the provided query, the error message indicates that the property ‘spring.profiles.active’ imported from the location ‘class path resource [application-local.properties]’ is considered invalid in a profile-specific resource.

This error usually occurs when the application tries to load a specific profile, but the specified value for the ‘spring.profiles.active’ property is not recognized or valid in that specific profile resource.

For example, let’s consider an application that uses Spring Boot and has multiple profiles (e.g., ‘local’, ‘dev’, ‘prod’) defined in the ‘application.properties’ file.

The ‘application-local.properties’ file is a specific resource file intended for the ‘local’ profile. Inside this file, you may have the following configuration: 

    
      # application-local.properties
      
      spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/db_name_local
      spring.datasource.username=root
      spring.datasource.password=secret
      
      # Invalid property for 'local' profile
      spring.profiles.active=development

In this example, the ‘spring.profiles.active’ property is set to ‘development’ in the ‘application-local.properties’ file. However, this value is considered invalid for the ‘local’ profile.

To resolve this issue, you should ensure that the ‘spring.profiles.active’ property is set to a valid profile value in the specific profile resource file. In the given example, it should be corrected to: 

    
      # application-local.properties
      
      spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/db_name_local
      spring.datasource.username=root
      spring.datasource.password=secret
      
      # Valid property for 'local' profile
      spring.profiles.active=local

After making this correction, the specified profile resource file will be loaded successfully, and the application will use the appropriate configuration based on the active profile.

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