=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-external/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/external/conf/DefaultDhisConfigurationProvider.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-external/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/external/conf/DefaultDhisConfigurationProvider.java	2016-01-08 16:27:29 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-external/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/external/conf/DefaultDhisConfigurationProvider.java	2016-01-11 19:40:56 +0000
@@ -137,13 +137,19 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public boolean isReadOnlyMode()
+    {
+        return ENABLED_VALUE.equals( getProperty( ConfigurationKey.SYSTEM_READ_ONLY_MODE ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public boolean isLdapConfigured()
     {
         String ldapUrl = getProperty( ConfigurationKey.LDAP_URL );
         String managerDn = getProperty( ConfigurationKey.LDAP_MANAGER_DN );
 
-        return !(ConfigurationKey.LDAP_URL.getDefaultValue().equals( ldapUrl ) ||
-            ldapUrl == null || managerDn == null);
+        return !( ConfigurationKey.LDAP_URL.getDefaultValue().equals( ldapUrl ) ||
+            ldapUrl == null || managerDn == null );
     }
 
     @Override

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-external/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/external/conf/DhisConfigurationProvider.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-external/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/external/conf/DhisConfigurationProvider.java	2016-01-05 18:25:17 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-external/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/external/conf/DhisConfigurationProvider.java	2016-01-11 19:40:56 +0000
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@
     boolean isEnabled( ConfigurationKey key );
     
     /**
+     * Indicates whether the system is set to read-only mode.
+     * 
+     * @return the if the system is in read-only mode.
+     */
+    public boolean isReadOnlyMode();
+    
+    /**
      * Indicates whether LDAP authentication is configured.
      * 
      * @return true if LDAP authentication is configured.

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-hibernate/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/hibernate/DefaultHibernateConfigurationProvider.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-hibernate/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/hibernate/DefaultHibernateConfigurationProvider.java	2016-01-04 02:27:49 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-hibernate/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/hibernate/DefaultHibernateConfigurationProvider.java	2016-01-11 19:40:56 +0000
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@
                 Properties fileProperties = configurationProvider.getProperties();
                 
                 mapToHibernateProperties( fileProperties );
+
+                if ( configurationProvider.isReadOnlyMode() )
+                {
+                    fileProperties.setProperty( "hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", "validate" );
+                    
+                    log.info( "Setting hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto to 'validate' due to read-only mode" );
+                }
                 
                 configuration.addProperties( fileProperties );
             }
@@ -168,7 +175,7 @@
             configuration.setProperty( "hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache", "false" );
             configuration.setProperty( "hibernate.cache.use_query_cache", "false" );
         }
-        
+
         log.info( "Hibernate configuration loaded, using dialect: " + configuration.getProperty( "hibernate.dialect" ) );
         
         this.configuration = configuration;

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-system/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/system/startup/DefaultStartupRoutineExecutor.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-system/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/system/startup/DefaultStartupRoutineExecutor.java	2016-01-04 02:27:49 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-system/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/system/startup/DefaultStartupRoutineExecutor.java	2016-01-11 19:40:56 +0000
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.hisp.dhis.external.conf.ConfigurationKey;
 import org.hisp.dhis.external.conf.DhisConfigurationProvider;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Default implementation of StartupRoutineExecutor. The execute method will
- * execute the added StartupRoutines ordered by their runlevels. Startup routines
+ * execute the added StartupRoutines ordered by their run levels. Startup routines
  * can be ignored from the command line by appending the below.
  * 
  * <code>-Ddhis.skip.startup=true</code>
@@ -102,14 +101,13 @@
     private void execute( boolean testing )
         throws Exception
     {
-
         if ( TRUE.equalsIgnoreCase( System.getProperty( SKIP_PROP ) ) )
         {
             LOG.info( "Skipping startup routines, system property " + SKIP_PROP + " is true" );
             return;
         }
         
-        if ( config.isEnabled( ConfigurationKey.SYSTEM_READ_ONLY_MODE ) )
+        if ( config.isReadOnlyMode() )
         {
             LOG.info( "Skipping startup routines, read-only mode is enabled" );
             return;