Reactive Microservices with Spring WebFlux and Spring Cloud

A sample microservices architecture built with Spring WebFlux and Spring Cloud demonstrating reactive programming patterns, service discovery, and API gateway implementation.

Detailed description: Reactive Microservices with Spring WebFlux and Spring Cloud

🏗️ Architecture Overview

This project demonstrates a reactive microservices architecture with the following components:

graph TB
  Client["Client Application"]
  Gateway["Gateway Service<br/>:8090"]
  Discovery["Discovery Service<br/>(Eureka)<br/>:8761"]
  Account["Account Service<br/>:2222"]
  Customer["Customer Service<br/>:3333"]
  MongoDB[(MongoDB<br/>:27017)]
  
  Client --> Gateway
  Gateway --> Account
  Gateway --> Customer
  Customer --> Account
  Account --> Discovery
  Customer --> Discovery
  Gateway --> Discovery
  Account --> MongoDB
  Customer --> MongoDB
  
  classDef serviceBox fill:#e1f5fe,stroke:#01579b,stroke-width:2px;
  classDef dbBox fill:#f3e5f5,stroke:#4a148c,stroke-width:2px;
  classDef gatewayBox fill:#e8f5e8,stroke:#1b5e20,stroke-width:2px;
  
  class Account,Customer,Discovery serviceBox
  class MongoDB dbBox
  class Gateway gatewayBox

Architecture Patterns

• Reactive Programming: Built with Spring WebFlux for non-blocking, asynchronous processing
• Service Discovery: Netflix Eureka for dynamic service registration and discovery
• API Gateway: Spring Cloud Gateway for routing, load balancing, and cross-cutting concerns
• Microservices: Domain-driven service boundaries with independent data stores

🚀 Services

Discovery Service (Eureka Server)

• Port: 8761
• Purpose: Service registry for microservices discovery
• Technology: Netflix Eureka Server
• Endpoint: http://localhost:8761 (Eureka Dashboard)

Gateway Service (API Gateway)

• Port: 8090
• Purpose: Single entry point, routing, and load balancing
• Technology: Spring Cloud Gateway
• Routes:
  • /account/** → Account Service
  • /customer/** → Customer Service

Account Service

• Port: 2222
• Purpose: Manages customer accounts and financial data
• Technology: Spring WebFlux, MongoDB Reactive
• Database: MongoDB collection for accounts

Customer Service

• Port: 3333
• Purpose: Manages customer information and aggregates account data
• Technology: Spring WebFlux, MongoDB Reactive, WebClient
• Database: MongoDB collection for customers
• Dependencies: Calls Account Service for account aggregation

🛠️ Technology Stack

📋 Prerequisites

Before running the application locally, ensure you have:

• Java 21 or higher
• Maven 3.6+
• MongoDB 4.0+ running on localhost:27017

MongoDB Setup

1. Install MongoDB:

   # macOS (Homebrew)
   brew install mongodb/brew/mongodb-community
   # Ubuntu/Debian
   sudo apt-get install mongodb
   # Windows
   Download from https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community
   

2. Start MongoDB:

   # macOS/Linux
   sudo systemctl start mongod
   # or
   brew services start mongodb/brew/mongodb-community
   # Windows
   net start MongoDB
   

3. Verify:

   mongosh --eval "db.adminCommand('ismaster')"
   

🚀 Running Locally

Option 1: Manual Startup (Development)

1. Clone:

   git clone https://github.com/piomin/sample-spring-cloud-webflux.git
   cd sample-spring-cloud-webflux
   

2. Build:

   mvn clean install
   

3. Start services in order:
   1. Discovery Service:

      cd discovery-service
      mvn spring-boot:run
      

   2. Account Service (new terminal):

      cd account-service
      mvn spring-boot:run
      

   3. Customer Service (new terminal):

      cd customer-service
      mvn spring-boot:run
      

   4. Gateway Service (new terminal):

      cd gateway-service
      mvn spring-boot:run
      

Option 2: Using JARs

1. Package:

   mvn clean package
   

2. Run:

   java -jar discovery-service/target/discovery-service-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
   java -jar account-service/target/account-service-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
   java -jar customer-service/target/customer-service-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
   java -jar gateway-service/target/gateway-service-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
   

Verification

1. Eureka Dashboard: http://localhost:8761
2. Gateway Health: http://localhost:8090/actuator/health
3. API endpoints: (see API section)

📡 API Documentation

All API calls go through Gateway at http://localhost:8090.

Account Service APIs

Create Account Example:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8090/account/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "number": "1234567890",
    "amount": 5000,
    "customerId": "1"
  }'

Customer Service APIs

Create Customer Example:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8090/customer/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"John Doe","type":"INDIVIDUAL"}'

🔧 Development & Troubleshooting

Project Structure

sample-spring-cloud-webflux/
├── discovery-service/
├── gateway-service/
├── account-service/
├── customer-service/
├── pom.xml
└── readme.md

Common Issues

• MongoDB not running: start service on localhost:27017
• Eureka startup: ensure discovery-service runs first
• Port conflicts: verify ports 8761, 8090, 2222, 3333

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a branch
3. Make changes & add tests
4. Submit a PR

📄 License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.