September 2019
Intermediate to advanced
668 pages
15h 59m
English
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Introducing the config server API
The config server exposes a REST API that can be used by its clients to retrieve their configuration. In this chapter, we will use the following endpoints in the API:
- /actuator: The standard actuator endpoints exposed by all microservices. As always, these should be used with care. They are very useful during development but must be locked down before being used in production.
- /encrypt and /decrypt: Endpoints for encrypting and decrypting sensitive information. These must also be locked down before being used in production.
- /{microservice}/{profile}: Returns the configuration for the specified microservice and the specified Spring profile.
We will see some sample uses for the APIs when we try out the config ...