Spring Microservices

This course provides a complete and practical understanding of building, deploying, and scaling Microservices using Spring Boot and the modern cloud-native ecosystem. It is ideal for developers transitioning from monolithic applications, IT professionals seeking to upskill, and students preparing for enterprise-level development roles.

Last updated: January 25, 2026

What is the Spring Microservices Course About?

A hands-on deep dive into building microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateways, and cloud-native design patterns.

Objectives of the Spring Microservices Course

Master microservice decomposition, synchronous and asynchronous communication, service discovery, externalized configuration, resilience patterns, deployment, and monitoring.

Who is this Course For?

Software Developers, Java Programmers, DevOps Beginners, Cloud Engineers, and Students looking to enter enterprise application development.

Prerequisites

Good understanding of Core Java and basic familiarity with Spring Boot is recommended.

Training Modes

Online

Learn via live virtual classes, interactive Q&A, and hands-on labs.

In-person

Get classroom training with instructor-led sessions and real-time mentoring.

Course Outline

Training Level: ADVANCED

Introduction to Microservices and Spring Boot

Understand the evolution from monolithic systems to microservices and how Spring Boot accelerates microservice development.

Microservices vs Monolithic Architecture

Principles of Microservices Design

Spring Boot Essentials

Creating a Simple Microservice

Service Discovery with Eureka

Learn dynamic service discovery using Spring Cloud Netflix Eureka.

Eureka Server Setup

Service Registration

Service Discovery

Load Balancing with Spring Cloud LoadBalancer

Centralized Configuration with Spring Cloud Config

Externalize configuration using Git-backed Config Server.

Setting up Config Server

Client Configuration Retrieval

Profiles and Environment-Based Configurations

Auto-Refresh and Webhooks

API Gateway and Routing

Implement routing, filtering, and authentication using Spring Cloud Gateway.

Gateway Setup

Route Configuration

Filters and Predicates

Circuit Breaker Integration

Resilience and Fault Tolerance with Resilience4j

Apply resilience patterns to make microservices robust and reliable.

Circuit Breaker Pattern

Rate Limiting and Bulkhead

Retry and Timeouts

Metrics and Monitoring

Event-Driven Microservices

Build scalable event-driven architectures using Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Introduction to Messaging

Producing and Consuming Messages

Designing Event-Driven Workflows

Saga Pattern Basics

Containerization with Docker

Package and run microservices in portable Docker containers.

Dockerfile for Microservices

Multi-Stage Builds

Docker Compose for Local Microservices

Optimizing Docker Images

Deploying Microservices on Kubernetes

Deploy, scale, and manage microservices on Kubernetes.

Pods, Deployments, and Services

ConfigMaps & Secrets

Ingress & Load Balancing

Horizontal Pod Autoscaling

Monitoring and Observability

Implement logging, metrics, and tracing for microservices health monitoring.

Centralized Logging with ELK/EFK

Metrics with Prometheus

Visualization with Grafana

Distributed Tracing with Zipkin/Jaeger

CI/CD for Microservices

Enable automated build, testing, and deployment pipelines.

Introduction to CI/CD

Building Pipelines with GitHub Actions/Jenkins

Docker Build & Push Automation

Kubernetes Deployment Automation