Spring 5.0 By Example

Testing our Config Server

We are able to test our Config Server over the REST API.

Let's create a simple yaml file to create the test; the file should be called dummy.yaml:

info:  message: "Testing my Config Server"  status: "It worked"

Push it to GitHub – if you are using the GitHub book, this step is unnecessary. Then, we can call the Config Server API using the following command:

curl http://localhost:5000/dummy/default | jq

The command looks for the dummy configuration in the profile default; the URL is self-explanatory. The following output should be displayed:

Our Config Server is fully operational. Now, we will configure our service discovery ...