A good understanding of Java 8, along with a basic knowledge of Spring Framework, is required. A general understanding of the challenges of distributed systems, in addition to some experience of running your own code in production, will also be beneficial.

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There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "To use the local filesystem, the config server needs to be launched with the Spring profile, native, enabled"

A block of code is set as follows:

management.endpoint.health.show-details: "ALWAYS"
management.endpoints.web.exposure.include: "*"

logging.level.root: info

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

   backend:
    serviceName: auth-server
    servicePort: 80
 - path: /product-composite

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

brew install kubectl

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "As seen in the preceding screenshot Chrome reports: This certificate is valid!"