What is the most common approach to configure a backend app?

• viper

  74 25,756 8.8 Go

  Go configuration with fangs

I guess most people are using https://github.com/spf13/viper but I don't know if I should read everything from

• kelseyhightower/envconfig

  15 4,884 0.0 Go

  Golang library for managing configuration data from environment variables

- Having one way of configuring the app is excellent. You can either prefer environment variables, a file, or flags. You can do what Viper does by reading the file and unmarshalling it. The built-in flag package is enough for your flag-based config needs. If you want to prefer environment variables, I prefer https://github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig

• InfluxDB

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• ko

  28 7,234 9.0 Go

  Build and deploy Go applications

  

- There're many resources available about containerizing an application, but I suggest you buildpacks or ko, which doesn't require writing a Dockerfile

• ff

  7 1,305 6.3 Go

  Flags-first package for configuration

We have been using https://github.com/peterbourgon/ff for long time now. It combines the standard flags with the environment variables nicely.

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