Central configuration server provides configurations (properties) to each micro service connected. As mentioned in the above diagram, Spring Cloud Config Server can be used as a central cloud config server by integrating to several environments.

Environment Repository — Spring uses environment repositories to store the configuration data. it supports various of authentication mechanisms to protect the configuration data when retrieving.

# name of the config server

spring.application.name=spring-config-server

# name of the profile required to be active in the client

spring.profiles.active=development

# ip and port of the config server

spring.cloud.config.uri=http://localhost:8888

# disable security when connecting to server

management.security.enabled=false

# expose actuator endpoints

management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=*