Top 10 Spring Cloud Microservices Best Practices [Removed Deprecated Features]

Top 10 best practices for building modern Spring Cloud applications without relying on outdated features like Netflix Zuul, Hystrix, Ribbon, RestTemplate, and Spring Cloud Sleuth.

Spring Cloud makes building microservices easier by providing essential tools for service discovery, configuration management, resiliency, API gateways, and observability. However, with the deprecation of many older components, it’s important to follow modern best practices for scalability, maintainability, and security.

This article covers 10 best practices for building modern Spring Cloud applications without relying on outdated features like Netflix Zuul, Hystrix, Ribbon, RestTemplate, and Spring Cloud Sleuth.

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1️⃣ Use Spring Cloud Config for Centralized Configuration Management

Managing configurations inside each microservice is a nightmare. It leads to inconsistencies, deployment headaches, and security risks.