Using the Config Server for managing application configuration

Spring Cloud Config provides server and client-side support for externalized configuration in a distributed system. With the Config Server, you have a central place to manage external properties for applications across all environments. The default implementation of the server storage backend uses Git.

The Spring Cloud Config Server helps in change management and allows developers to maintain the application configuration in a centralized location:

Figure 8: Config Server workflow

The workflow involved in storing and fetching the application configuration from the source control ...

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