Play Framework

Play Framework is our web framework of choice. It handles incoming HTTP requests . More information about the framework can be found on their public site.

Default configuration

Play framework is very configurable thus it contains many config parameters that can be used to tune it. All of the possible parameters could be found in the documentation.

Config properties that are used/changed in our applications

We override / require to override some properties:

Parameter	Description	Value
http.port	Port on which application should be listening	Depends on service
play.http.secret.key	Application secret, unique hash	Should be overridden
play.evolutions.autoApply	Should evolutions be auto-applied	true
play.evolutions.useLocks	Should evolutions use locks (recommended)	true
play.http.parser.maxMemoryBuffer	Maximum payload size that could be loaded to the memory	overridden in some services
play.http.parser.maxDiskBuffer	Maximum payload size that can be stored on hard drive	overridden in some services
play.server.http.idleTimeout	Time after which request will be ended	overridden in some services
play.http.session.cookieName	Session's cookie name	__Host-session
play.http.session.secure	Is cookie enabled only for https	true
play.http.session.sameSite	Parameter sameSite for session's cookie	None or SameSite