{"id":14712,"date":"2024-03-15T09:46:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-the-springcloud-component-gateway\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:25:55","slug":"how-to-configure-the-springcloud-component-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-the-springcloud-component-gateway\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Cloud Gateway Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The configuration of Spring Cloud Gateway component can be done either through configuration files or through coding.<\/p>\n<p>The following properties can be used for configuration in the configuration file:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>server.port specifies the port number of the Gateway.<\/li>\n<li>spring.application.name: Specifies the application name of the Gateway.<\/li>\n<li>ID: The ID of the router can be arbitrarily specified.<\/li>\n<li>uri: The URL of the target service.<\/li>\n<li>Predicates are the matching criteria for routing, which can be based on the request&#8217;s path, method, headers, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Filters are used in routing to pre-process, post-process, and handle requests.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For example, here is a simple configuration file example.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-attr\">server:<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">port:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">8080<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">spring:<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">application:<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">gateway<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-attr\">spring:<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">cloud:<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">gateway:<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"hljs-attr\">routes:<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-bullet\">-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">id:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">route1<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"hljs-attr\">uri:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">http:\/\/localhost:8001<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"hljs-attr\">predicates:<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-bullet\">-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Path=\/api\/**<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-bullet\">-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">id:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">route2<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"hljs-attr\">uri:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">http:\/\/localhost:8002<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"hljs-attr\">predicates:<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-bullet\">-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">Path=\/hello\/**<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"hljs-attr\">filters:<\/span>\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-bullet\">-<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">AddRequestHeader=X-Request-Id,<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">12345<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The above configuration specifies that requests matching the \/api\/** path will be forwarded to http:\/\/localhost:8001, requests matching the \/hello\/** path will be forwarded to http:\/\/localhost:8002, and a header named X-Request-Id with a value of 12345 will be added when forwarding the requests.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to configure using a coding method, you can create an instance of RouteLocator using the @Bean annotation and configure it through its API.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Configuration<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">GatewayConfig<\/span> {\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-meta\">@Bean<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> RouteLocator <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">myRoutes<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(RouteLocatorBuilder builder)<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> builder.routes()\r\n            .route(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"route1\"<\/span>, r -&gt; 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