In this chapter, I have described the most important features of a Spring Cloud Config project. The same as for service discovery, we started from the basics, a simple use case on the client and server sides. We discussed the different backend repository types for a Config Server. I implemented the examples illustrating how to use filesystem, Git, and even third-party tools such as Vault as a repository for your property files. I put particular focus on interoperability with other components, such as service discovery or multiple instances of microservices within a larger system. Finally, I showed you how to reload an application's configuration without restart, based on WebHooks and a message broker. To conclude, after reading this chapter you should be able to use Spring Cloud Config as one element of your microservice-based architecture and take an advantage of its main features.
After we have discussed an implemetation of service discovery and configuration server with Spring...