Learn how to access a microservice and build a reliable infrastructure using Spring Boot 2 and Spring Cloud with a proven actionable and hands-on approachLearning new technology can be fast and fun. With this custom tailored learning plan you advance in building microservices with Spring Boot by actually building applications.Together we build a tiny application using the microservice we created in "Spring Boot: How To Get Started and Build a Microservice" and expand the scenario with common patterns used in microservice environments for building a reliable fault tolerant infrastructure. You can follow along without having read the previous book.You learn best by coding.We use Spring Boot 2 with the Milestone 2.What you will build:We will write a simple client application for our microservice and improve it with each step to handling load balancing, failovers, service discovery and more.What you will learn:How to access a remote API with Spring's RestTemplateHow to do retries and fallbacks in case of API errorsHow to add client side load balancing to itHow to use the circuit breaker pattern with Spring CloudHow to register and discover servicesWhat the role of a gateway isHow you can easily add a gatewayHow to store configurations in a central placeThis book is for you whenyou have started using Spring Bootyou want to improve on microservices and Spring Bootyou love building applications and learning new technologiesIt is NOT for you ifyour most advanced program was HelloWorldyou like reading fluffy compendiumsyou don't know the Java language at allAlso, if you have questions, do not hesitate and contact me using the email address at the end of the book. I'll answer your questions and improve the book with your feedback.