This chapter takes you from the implementation of our sample project—an online table reservation system (OTRS)—to the next stage. In this chapter, we'll implement two important patterns that constitute the backbone of microservice-based systems—service discovery and registration, and a centralized configuration server. We'll learn more about the other important service patterns in the next chapter.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Service discovery and registration
- Centralized configuration
- The execution and testing of our containerized OTRS application
We'll continue adding to the code from our previous chapters. You can copy the last chapter's code and start following this chapter, or alternatively refer to the code that's available on GitHub or Packt's website.
First, we...