Overview & Architecture Pattern
Eureka service discovery, Spring Cloud LoadBalancer, Micrometer distributed tracing, and Kubernetes health checks.
Architecture Pattern: Microservices & Cloud
Primary Use Case: Spring Cloud microservice fleets, Kubernetes container pods, resilient distributed systems.
Included Dependencies & Starters
spring-boot-starter-web, spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client, loadbalancer, actuator, prometheus
Domain Entities & Scaffolding Defaults
ServiceMetadata (serviceId, environment, version, lastHeartbeat)
Quickstart: Running Your Project
# 1. Start required infrastructure containers
docker compose up -d
# 2. Run the Spring Boot 3.4 application (Maven)
./mvnw spring-boot:run
# Or run with Gradle
./gradlew bootRun
Frequently Asked Questions
- What starters are included in the Microservices Ready Stack blueprint?
- The Microservices Ready Stack blueprint includes spring-boot-starter-web, spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client, loadbalancer, actuator, prometheus, pre-configured application.yml properties, and production-ready connection pools.
- How do I run the generated Microservices Ready Stack project locally?
- Extract the downloaded ZIP, start dependencies with 'docker compose up -d', and execute './mvnw spring-boot:run' (Maven) or './gradlew bootRun' (Gradle).
- Can I customize entities and database schemas in this blueprint?
- Yes, SpringForge allows you to visually add or modify JPA entities, field types, validation rules, and relational mappings, or import SQL DDL schemas.