Remote ConfigReader with URLConnection
import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLConnection; import java.util.logging.LogManager; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { URLConnection urlConn = null; InputStream inStream = null; LogManager manager = null; URL url = new URL("http://www.xyz.com/config.properties"); urlConn = url.openConnection(); inStream = urlConn.getInputStream(); manager = LogManager.getLogManager(); manager.readConfiguration(inStream); } }