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Spring Cloud Config

Spring Cloud Config provides server-side and client-side support for externalized configuration in a distributed system. It offers a central place to manage external properties for applications across all environments, backed by Git, SVN, or filesystem repositories with support for encryption, decryption, and runtime refresh.

Spring Cloud Config publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Configuration API, Encryption API, Monitoring API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Configuration Management, Distributed Systems, Externalized Configuration, Git, and Java.

The Spring Cloud Config catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Spring Cloud Config’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, documentation, getting-started guide, GitHub presence, release notes, Stack Overflow tag, and 8 more developer resources.

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54.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
Configuration ManagementDistributed SystemsExternalized ConfigurationGitJavaMicroservicesSpringSpring Cloud

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 54.6/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Spring Cloud Config Configuration API

Fetch application configuration

Spring Cloud Config Encryption API

Encrypt and decrypt configuration values

Spring Cloud Config Monitoring API

Webhook and monitoring endpoints

Spring Cloud Config Resources API

Fetch resource files from the config repository

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Spring Cloud Config Server API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Spring Cloud Config Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spring Cloud Config Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Spring Cloud Config Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Spring Cloud Config Context

5 classes · 9 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Spring Cloud Config API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Spring Cloud Config API Rules

8 rules · 2 errors 6 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Spring Cloud Config Environment

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Spring Cloud Config Server Configuration

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Spring Cloud Config Environment Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Spring Cloud Config Encrypt Value Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Spring Cloud Config Get Environment Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Spring Cloud Config Authentication

http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Spring Cloud Config Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Spring Cloud Config Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Spring Cloud Config Agentic Access

13 operations · 3 acting

13 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Issues
Issues
 ReleaseNotes
ReleaseNotes
 StackOverflow
StackOverflow

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Maven Repository
Maven Repository

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: spring-cloud-config
name: Spring Cloud Config
description: Spring Cloud Config provides server-side and client-side support for externalized configuration in a distributed
  system. It offers a central place to manage external properties for applications across all environments, backed by Git,
  SVN, or filesystem repositories with support for encryption, decryption, and runtime refresh.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/spring-cloud-config.png
url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-config
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Configuration Management
- Distributed Systems
- Externalized Configuration
- Git
- Java
- Microservices
- Spring
- Spring Cloud
apis:
- aid: spring-cloud-config:spring-cloud-config-configuration-api
  name: Spring Cloud Config Configuration API
  description: Fetch application configuration
  humanURL: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-config
  baseURL: http://localhost:8888
  tags:
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-cloud-config-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/reference/server/environment-repository.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-config-environment-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-config-server-configuration-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-cloud-config-environment-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-cloud-config-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-cloud-config-rules.yml
- aid: spring-cloud-config:spring-cloud-config-encryption-api
  name: Spring Cloud Config Encryption API
  description: Encrypt and decrypt configuration values
  humanURL: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-config
  baseURL: http://localhost:8888
  tags:
  - Encryption
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-cloud-config-encryption-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/reference/server/environment-repository.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-config-environment-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-config-server-configuration-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-cloud-config-environment-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-cloud-config-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-cloud-config-rules.yml
- aid: spring-cloud-config:spring-cloud-config-monitoring-api
  name: Spring Cloud Config Monitoring API
  description: Webhook and monitoring endpoints
  humanURL: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-config
  baseURL: http://localhost:8888
  tags:
  - Monitoring
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-cloud-config-monitoring-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/reference/server/environment-repository.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-config-environment-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-config-server-configuration-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-cloud-config-environment-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-cloud-config-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-cloud-config-rules.yml
- aid: spring-cloud-config:spring-cloud-config-resources-api
  name: Spring Cloud Config Resources API
  description: Fetch resource files from the config repository
  humanURL: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-config
  baseURL: http://localhost:8888
  tags:
  - Resources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/spring-cloud-config-resources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/reference/server/environment-repository.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-config-environment-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-config-server-configuration-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-cloud-config-environment-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-cloud-config-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/spring-cloud-config-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/spring-cloud-config-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/spring-cloud-config-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spring-cloud-config-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/spring-cloud-config-authentication.yml
- url: https://spring.io/blog.atom
  type: Blog
- type: Website
  url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-config
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-config/reference/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/centralized-configuration/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spring-cloud
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config/issues
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config/releases
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-cloud-config
- type: Maven Repository
  url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.cloud/spring-cloud-config-server
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spring-cloud-config-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com