@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.
