Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Step 33 – Executing a Request through Zuul API Gateway

The video tutorial explains the setup and execution of requests through the Netflix Zuul API Gateway. It covers launching necessary services like the Netflix Eureka naming server, currency exchange, and conversion services. The tutorial demonstrates how to register these services with Eureka and execute requests through the API Gateway, highlighting the logging process. Finally, it discusses routing requests from the currency conversion service to the currency exchange service via the API Gateway.

What should be running before launching the Zuul API Gateway server application?

Describe the steps required to launch the Netflix Eureka naming server.

How do you invoke the currency exchange service directly without going through the API Gateway?

What is the purpose of the Zuul API Gateway in the context of microservices?

Explain how to construct the URL for invoking a request through the API Gateway.

What is the significance of the logging filter implemented in the API Gateway?

What happens when a request is sent to the API Gateway instead of directly to the microservice?