SpringBoot Externalization Part 1: Develop Externalization Server

Spring Boot lets you externalize your configuration so that you can work with the same application code in different environments. You can use properties files, YAML files, environment variables, and command-line arguments to externalize configuration. Property values can be injected directly into your beans by using the @Valueannotation, accessed through Spring’s Environment abstraction, or be bound to structured objects through @ConfigurationProperties.


This thread discusses connection of Spring Externalization Config Server and it caches the properties from Git Hub.

The properties files are in YAML format that are stored on GIT. 

 MindTelligentExternalizationApplication Server Configuration:

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.cloud.config.server.EnableConfigServer;

@EnableConfigServer
@SpringBootApplication
public class MindTelligentExternalizationApplication {

public static void main(String[] args) 
{
SpringApplication.run(MindTelligentExternalizationApplication .class, args);
}

}

Package the code with application.yml file:

server:
  port: 8888
spring:
  cloud:
    config:
      server:
        git:
          uri:  https://hsingh@github.com/ymlbranch
          searchPaths: src
          username: hsingh@MindTelligent.com

          password: XXXXXXXX 

Build the Code with Maven:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.mindtelligent.github.server</groupId>
    <artifactId>MindTelligentIotConfigurationService</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.0.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-config-server</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
                <version>Finchley.M8</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-milestones</id>
            <name>Spring Milestones</name>
            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>false</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
    </repositories>


</project>

• Once this is built. Run the JAR file with the command

java -jar MindTelligentIotConfigurationService-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Log on to the browser and validate by:

http://hostname:8888/yml_file/default

You should be able to see the contents on the browser.