Hands-On Microservices with Kubernetes

When should you avoid dynamic configuration?

However, dynamic configuration is not a panacea for all situations. If you want to play it totally safe, then restarting your service when configuration changes makes things easier to comprehend and analyze. That being said, microservices are often simple enough that you can grasp all the implications of configuration changes.

In the following situations, it may be better to avoid dynamic configuration:

• Regulated services where configuration change must go through a vetting and approval process
• Critical services where the low risk of static configuration trumps any benefit of dynamic configuration
• A dynamic configuration mechanism doesn't exist and the benefits don't justify the development of ...