Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Step 10 – Setting Up Currency Exchange Microservice – V2

The video tutorial guides viewers through setting up a Maven project using Spring Boot on start.spring.io. It covers adding essential dependencies like Dev Tools, Actuator, Web, and Config Client. The tutorial then explains how to import the project into an IDE and configure application properties, including setting the application name and port. Finally, it demonstrates managing services by terminating unnecessary ones and preparing to create a REST API in the currency exchange service.

What is the purpose of adding the 'actuator' dependency in a Spring Boot project?

• To monitor and manage the application

• To improve database connectivity

• To increase application speed

• To enhance the user interface

Which tool is used to generate the initial Spring Boot project setup?

• Spring Boot CLI

• Spring Initializer

• Spring Framework

• Spring Data

What is the first step after unzipping the generated project file?

• Configure the application properties

• Run the application

• Add more dependencies

• Import the project into the IDE

Why is it important to configure the application properties file?

• To set the correct Java version

• To improve application performance

• To add more dependencies

• To define the application name and port

What should be done with other services before focusing on the currency exchange service?

• Update them

• Ignore them

• Terminate them

• Restart them