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In Spring Boot, you can utilize Spring Cloud Config to remotely read configuration files. Here are the steps for using Spring Cloud Config to remotely read configuration files.<\/p>\n

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  1. pom.xml file<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    <dependency<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <groupId<\/span>><\/span>org.springframework.cloud<\/groupId<\/span>><\/span>\r\n    <artifactId<\/span>><\/span>spring-cloud-starter-config<\/artifactId<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<\/dependency<\/span>><\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. configuration file for an application<\/li>\n
    2. configuration file named application.yml<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      spring.cloud.config.uri<\/span>=http:\/\/config-server:8888<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. This setup\/configuration<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        import<\/span> org.springframework.cloud.context.config.annotation.RefreshScope;\r\nimport<\/span> org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;\r\n\r\n@Configuration<\/span>\r\n@RefreshScope<\/span>\r\npublic<\/span> class<\/span> AppConfig<\/span> {\r\n    @Value(\"${my.property}\")<\/span>\r\n    private<\/span> String myProperty;\r\n\r\n    public<\/span> String getMyProperty<\/span>()<\/span> {\r\n        return<\/span> myProperty;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          \n
        1. Configuration file for the application<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          import<\/span> org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;\r\nimport<\/span> org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;\r\nimport<\/span> org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;\r\n\r\n@RestController<\/span>\r\npublic<\/span> class<\/span> MyController<\/span> {\r\n    @Autowired<\/span>\r\n    private<\/span> AppConfig appConfig;\r\n\r\n    @GetMapping(\"\/myproperty\")<\/span>\r\n    public<\/span> String getMyProperty<\/span>()<\/span> {\r\n        return<\/span> appConfig.getMyProperty();\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          By following the above steps, Spring Boot can be used to remotely read configuration files. When there are changes to the configuration files, dynamic refresh of the configuration can be achieved through Spring Cloud Bus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
          In Spring Boot, you can utilize Spring Cloud Config to remotely read configuration files. 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