Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Step 07 – Connect Limits Service to Spring Cloud Config Server

This video tutorial explains how to connect a limit service to a Spring Cloud Config server. It covers the prerequisites, such as selecting the Spring Cloud starter config in the pom.xml file, and configuring the URL of the cloud config server in the application.properties file. The tutorial also discusses the importance of setting the correct application name and how to retrieve configuration from the server. It highlights the priority of configurations from the Git repository over local properties and provides troubleshooting tips for common issues.

What is the URL of the cloud config server that needs to be configured in the application properties?

How does the application behave if it fails to connect to the optional config server?

What is the name of the application that should be used to retrieve configuration from the cloud config server?

What values are retrieved from the config server when the application starts up?

What should be checked if the limit microservice is not connecting to the Spring Cloud config server?