As you can see, the configuration of SSL for a microservice application is not a very hard task. However, it is time to increase the difficulty level. We have already launched a single microservice that serves a RESTful API over HTTPS. Now we want that microservice to integrate with the discovery server. There are two problems that arise from this. The first of these is the need to publish information about the secure microservice's instance in Eureka. The second of these concerns exposing Eureka over HTTPS and forcing the discovery client to authenticate against a discovery server using a private key. Let's discuss these issues in detail.
Secure discovery
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