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Step 2 – configuring Spring Cloud Config with a Git repository

The Spring Cloud Config server is ready. Now, we need to do the necessary configuration for Git repository integration. First, install the latest version of Git (https://git-scm.com/downloads) on your local machine and make sure it is available on a path. Create a directory on your local machine and initialize the Git repository with the following command:

git init

This will create an empty Git repository on the local machine. Next, add a properties file that holds the configuration details. Since the configuration server can hold configuration details for multiple microservices in Git, we need to follow a certain naming convention for the property file, as follows:

{microserivce-name}.properties ...