Creating the configuration producer Spring Cloud Config Server

Here, we'll explore an example of how to set up a Git-backed Config Server and use it in a simple REST application server.

Let's go to http://start.spring.io, select Maven and Spring Boot 2.0.2.RELEASE, and set the Artifact to cloud-config-app. Also select dependencies for Config Server and add that module. Then generate the application and you will be able to download a ZIP file with a preconfigured project.

Project setup and dependencies

The following dependencies will be shared between all the projects:

<parent> 
   <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> 
   <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> 
  ...