In this tutorial, we will create a simple e-commerce application using a microservices architecture with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.

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We will create the following microservices:

1. Product Service: Manages product information.
2. Order Service: Manages customer orders.
3. Inventory Service: Manages product inventory.
4. Eureka Server: Service discovery.

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Prerequisites

Prerequisites

• JDK 17 or later
• Maven or Gradle
• Docker
• Docker Compose
• IDE (IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, etc.)

Simple Microservices Architecture

Here is the simple microservices architecture for this e-commerce microservices application:

+-----------------------------+
|         Postman Client      |
|     (Client for Testing)    |
+-----------------------------+
                |
                v
+-----------------------------+              +-----------------------------+
|         API Gateway         |              |           Eureka Server     |
|  (Single Entry Point to the |   ---------->|       (Service Discovery)   |
|          System)            |              +-----------------------------+
+-----------------------------+
             |
             v…