own application configuration

by Tom 
./config/my_configuration.yml

MyConfig:
  username: my_username
  password: my_password
  host: my_host

be sure to enter spaces, NOT tabs

./config/environment.rb
require 'ostruct'
require 'yaml'

OwnConfigFile = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/config/my_configuration.yml"
if File.exist?(MyConfigFile)
  ::ApplicationConfig = OpenStruct.new(YAML.load_file(MyConfigFile))
end

in application:

config = ApplicationConfig.MyConfig;
puts config['username']