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Lebecca
Lebecca

Reputation: 2878

Why spring boot application constantly fetch configuration from config service?

I'm building microservices using Spring Boot & Spring Cloud Config. From the log file, I can see one of my application send a request to config service for configuration every five minutes while other applications do not play the same behaviour.

06:04:28.586 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:545d584f10da3123/spanId:545d584f10da3123/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.getRemoteEnvironment - Fetching config from server at : http://config-service
06:04:30.135 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:545d584f10da3123/spanId:545d584f10da3123/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.log - Located environment: name=xxxservice, profiles=[dev], label=master, version=00ed4aebcd466c88b4a7df61296652944642cdc8, state=null
06:09:30.367 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:519fdde3a2d8ce5a/spanId:519fdde3a2d8ce5a/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.getRemoteEnvironment - Fetching config from server at : http://config-service
06:09:31.928 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:519fdde3a2d8ce5a/spanId:519fdde3a2d8ce5a/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.log - Located environment: name=xxxservice, profiles=[dev], label=master, version=00ed4aebcd466c88b4a7df61296652944642cdc8, state=null
06:14:32.035 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:e32c45c3a5c3fcca/spanId:e32c45c3a5c3fcca/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.getRemoteEnvironment - Fetching config from server at : http://config-service
06:14:33.611 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:e32c45c3a5c3fcca/spanId:e32c45c3a5c3fcca/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.log - Located environment: name=xxxservice, profiles=[dev], label=master, version=00ed4aebcd466c88b4a7df61296652944642cdc8, state=null
06:19:32.033 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:16fc982b0638d4a6/spanId:16fc982b0638d4a6/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.getRemoteEnvironment - Fetching config from server at : http://config-service
06:19:33.495 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:16fc982b0638d4a6/spanId:16fc982b0638d4a6/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.log - Located environment: name=xxxservice, profiles=[dev], label=master, version=00ed4aebcd466c88b4a7df61296652944642cdc8, state=null
06:24:32.036 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:f4eae364e2624d58/spanId:f4eae364e2624d58/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.getRemoteEnvironment - Fetching config from server at : http://config-service
06:24:33.640 [serviceId:xxx-service/traceId:f4eae364e2624d58/spanId:f4eae364e2624d58/parentId:] INFO  o.s.c.c.c.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.log - Located environment: name=xxxservice, profiles=[dev], label=master, version=00ed4aebcd466c88b4a7df61296652944642cdc8, state=null

I try to understand this behaviour.

1 Is the bootstrap.yml of this service distinct to other services, leads the unique behaviour?

No, all services bootstrap.yml appear to be the same structure without different config keys:

spring:
  profiles:
    active: dev
  cloud:
    config:
      name: xxxservice
      label: master
      uri: http://config-service

2 Is this servie trying to refresh its configuration dynamicly and periodly?

No, in order to dynamically refresh the configuration of a spring boot application, we need to:

So there should not be auto refresh behaviour periodly.

The question remaining unresolved, hope someone explain this situation directly or point any error in my statement.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1754

Answers (1)

CryptoFool
CryptoFool

Reputation: 23079

I don't know why you are not seeing this with other services, but I believe that this behavior is due to the client wanting to check the health of the server periodically. From the Spring Cloud Config Client docs:

7.8.1 Health Indicator

The Config Client supplies a Spring Boot Health Indicator that attempts to load configuration from the Config Server. The health indicator can be disabled by setting health.config.enabled=false. The response is also cached for performance reasons. The default cache time to live is 5 minutes. To change that value, set the health.config.time-to-live property (in milliseconds).

So just set health.config.enabled=false, and this behavior should stop.

Upvotes: 3

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