Sample Hands-on Exercises on Edge Services and API Gateway with Spring
Boot 3 and Spring Cloud
Exercise 1: Implementing Edge Services for Routing and Filtering
**Task:** Implement an edge service for routing and filtering requests in a microservices
architecture using Spring Boot 3 and Spring Cloud.
**Step-by-Step Explanation:**
1. Create a new Spring Boot project with the necessary dependencies for Spring Cloud
Gateway.
2. Configure the application properties for routing.
3. Implement a custom filter for logging requests.
4. Test the routing and filtering functionality.
**Solution Code:**
**pom.xml:**
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-gateway</artifactId>
</dependency>
**application.properties:**
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].id=example_route
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].uri=http://example.org
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].predicates[0]=Path=/example/**
**Custom Filter:**
@Component
public class LoggingFilter implements GlobalFilter {
@Override
public Mono<Void> filter(ServerWebExchange exchange, GatewayFilterChain chain) {
System.out.println("Request: " + exchange.getRequest().getURI());
return chain.filter(exchange);
}
}
Exercise 2: Load Balancing in an API Gateway
**Task:** Implement load balancing in an API Gateway using Spring Boot 3 and Spring
Cloud.
**Step-by-Step Explanation:**
1. Create a new Spring Boot project with the necessary dependencies for Spring Cloud
Gateway and Spring Cloud LoadBalancer.
2. Configure the application properties for load balancing.
3. Implement a custom load balancing configuration.
4. Test the load balancing functionality.
**Solution Code:**
**pom.xml:**
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-gateway</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-loadbalancer</artifactId>
</dependency>
**application.properties:**
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].id=load_balanced_route
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].uri=lb://example-service
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].predicates[0]=Path=/loadbalanced/**
**Load Balancer Configuration:**
@Configuration
public class LoadBalancerConfiguration {
@Bean
public ReactorLoadBalancer<ServiceInstance> randomLoadBalancer(Environment
environment, LoadBalancerClientFactory loadBalancerClientFactory) {
String name =
environment.getProperty(LoadBalancerClientFactory.PROPERTY_NAME);
return new RandomLoadBalancer(loadBalancerClientFactory.getLazyProvider(name,
ServiceInstanceListSupplier.class), name);
}
}
Exercise 3: Resilience Patterns in an API Gateway
**Task:** Implement resilience patterns in an API Gateway using Spring Boot 3 and Spring
Cloud.
**Step-by-Step Explanation:**
1. Create a new Spring Boot project with the necessary dependencies for Spring Cloud
Gateway and Resilience4j.
2. Configure the application properties for resilience patterns.
3. Implement a custom resilience configuration.
4. Test the resilience functionality.
**Solution Code:**
**pom.xml:**
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-gateway</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.resilience4j</groupId>
<artifactId>resilience4j-spring-boot2</artifactId>
</dependency>
**application.properties:**
resilience4j.circuitbreaker.instances.exampleCircuitBreaker.registerHealthIndicator=true
resilience4j.circuitbreaker.instances.exampleCircuitBreaker.slidingWindowSize=10
resilience4j.circuitbreaker.instances.exampleCircuitBreaker.failureRateThreshold=50
**Resilience Configuration:**
@Configuration
public class ResilienceConfiguration {
@Bean
public Customizer<ReactiveResilience4JCircuitBreakerFactory> defaultCustomizer() {
return factory -> factory.configureDefault(id -> new Resilience4JConfigBuilder(id)
.circuitBreakerConfig(CircuitBreakerConfig.ofDefaults())
.timeLimiterConfig(TimeLimiterConfig.ofDefaults())
.build());
}
}
