The project is well-configured, so now it is time to run it. We can use the Java command line or IDE. There is no difference either way.
The Config Server and Eureka server need to stay up; it is mandatory that the Gateway project works correctly. Then, we can run the project.
Run the project and look at the logs. We can see some interesting stuff, such as the project connecting to the Config Server and download the configuration and after this, it connects to the Eureka server and self-registers. The following diagram explains the application bootstrap flow:
Let's look at what the different flows are and ...
