spring-cloud / spring-cloud/spring-cloud-consul

Allow for consul services to be used as configuration

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Description

When services are registered as consul services, the service has several properties that can be queried via consul APIs. For example a MongoDB registered service has an Address, Port, Tags as part of the consul service.

The current configuration of endpoints for Spring Cloud applications is hardcoded in Consul K/V store. But some of these (see examples in http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/common-application-properties.html) can be Consul services, not hardcoded non-moving parts.

Allow for using Consul services as application configuration.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing how Spring Cloud applications currently obtain endpoint configuration from the Consul K/V store, then compare that with the Consul service properties described in the issue: Address, Port, and Tags. Use the linked Spring Boot application-properties reference for examples of endpoint settings. Done should mean application configuration can use registered Consul services rather than only hardcoded K/V values.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
backend, cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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