Spring Cloud Config + Spring Cloud Bus + RabbitMQ - Not auto refreshing clients with local Git repository

Question

I have some applications getting its configuration from a Spring Cloud Config Server (Brixton.RELEASE) and would like to enable the auto refresh of its properties. I have followed Spring Cloud Config documentation to configure both the server and client apps but, when making changes on the local git files nothing happens.

the default configuration also detects filesystem changes in local git repositories (the webhook is not used in that case but as soon as you edit a config file a refresh will be broadcast).

Can anybody point out what could be wrong or where to debug in Spring Cloud's code to check it?

Spring cloud Server Config:

server:
  port: 8888

info:
  description: Spring Cloud Config Server

spring:
  application:
    name: config-server
  cloud:
    config:
      server:
        git:
          uri: file:///C:/Users/myuser/git/config-dev/

Spring Cloud Server pom.xml

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-config-server</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-bus-amqp</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-config-monitor</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
        <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
    </dependency>

Spring Cloud Config Startup logs:

o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Registering MessageChannel springCloudBusInput
o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=springCloudBusInput': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=springCloudBusInput]
o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Registering MessageChannel springCloudBusOutput
o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=springCloudBusOutput': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=springCloudBusOutput]
o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Registering MessageChannel errorChannel
o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=errorChannel': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=errorChannel]
o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Registering MessageChannel nullChannel
o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=nullChannel': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=nullChannel]
o.s.i.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter   : Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageHandler,name=errorLogger,bean=internal': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageHandler,name=errorLogger,bean=internal]
o.s.c.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor  : Starting beans in phase -2147482648
o.s.c.s.binding.BindableProxyFactory     : Binding outputs for :interface org.springframework.cloud.bus.SpringCloudBusClient
o.s.c.s.binding.BindableProxyFactory     : Binding :interface org.springframework.cloud.bus.SpringCloudBusClient:springCloudBusOutput
s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext@707ca986: startup date [Fri May 13 10:03:10 CEST 2016]; root of context hierarchy
trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'configurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration' of type [class org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$73faa1d3] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
o.s.cloud.commons.util.InetUtils         : Cannot determine local hostname
e.m.a.config.ConfigServerApplication     : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext@1ca610a0: startup date [Fri May 13 10:03:11 CEST 2016]; parent: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext@294a6b8e
o.s.c.support.GenericApplicationContext  : Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext@6048e26a: startup date [Fri May 13 10:03:11 CEST 2016]; root of context hierarchy
e.m.a.config.ConfigServerApplication     : Started ConfigServerApplication in 2.907 seconds (JVM running for 12.366)
o.s.a.r.c.CachingConnectionFactory       : Created new connection: SimpleConnection@7bbcf6f0 [delegate=amqp://[email protected]:5672/]
o.s.i.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer       : Adding {message-handler:outbound.springCloudBus} as a subscriber to the 'springCloudBusOutput' channel
o.s.integration.channel.DirectChannel    : Channel 'config-server:8888.springCloudBusOutput' has 1 subscriber(s).
o.s.i.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer       : started outbound.springCloudBus
o.s.c.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor  : Starting beans in phase -2147482648
o.s.c.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor  : Starting beans in phase 0
o.s.i.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer       : Adding {logging-channel-adapter:_org.springframework.integration.errorLogger} as a subscriber to the 'errorChannel' channel
o.s.i.channel.PublishSubscribeChannel    : Channel 'config-server:8888.errorChannel' has 1 subscriber(s).
o.s.i.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer       : started _org.springframework.integration.errorLogger
o.s.c.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor  : Starting beans in phase 2147482647
o.s.c.s.binding.BindableProxyFactory     : Binding inputs for :interface org.springframework.cloud.bus.SpringCloudBusClient
o.s.c.s.binding.BindableProxyFactory     : Binding :interface org.springframework.cloud.bus.SpringCloudBusClient:springCloudBusInput
o.s.c.s.b.r.RabbitMessageChannelBinder   : declaring queue for inbound: springCloudBus.anonymous.t4cuHSE6RfKRYvPvrgfbUg, bound to: springCloudBus
o.s.integration.channel.DirectChannel    : Channel 'springCloudBus.anonymous.t4cuHSE6RfKRYvPvrgfbUg.bridge' has 1 subscriber(s).
o.s.i.a.i.AmqpInboundChannelAdapter      : started inbound.springCloudBus.anonymous.t4cuHSE6RfKRYvPvrgfbUg

Client App pom.xml:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-config</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-bus-amqp</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
        <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
    </dependency>

Client App config:

spring:
  application:
    name: app
  cloud:
    config:
      uri: http://localhost:8888

Client App Startup log:

o.s.b.a.e.m.EndpointHandlerMapping  INFO - Mapped "{[/bus/refresh],methods=[POST]}" onto public void org.springframework.cloud.bus.endpoint.RefreshBusEndpoint.refresh(java.lang.String)
...
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Registering beans for JMX exposure on startup
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Registering MessageChannel springCloudBusInput
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=springCloudBusInput': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=springCloudBusInput]
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Registering MessageChannel springCloudBusOutput
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=springCloudBusOutput': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=springCloudBusOutput]
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Registering MessageChannel nullChannel
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=nullChannel': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=nullChannel]
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Registering MessageChannel errorChannel
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=errorChannel': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageChannel,name=errorChannel]
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageHandler,name=org.springframework.cloud.bus.BusAutoConfiguration.acceptRemote.serviceActivator,bean=endpoint': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageHandler,name=org.springframework.cloud.bus.BusAutoConfiguration.acceptRemote.serviceActivator,bean=endpoint]
o.s.i.m.IntegrationMBeanExporter  INFO - Located managed bean 'org.springframework.integration:type=MessageHandler,name=errorLogger,bean=internal': registering with JMX server as MBean [org.springframework.integration:type=MessageHandler,name=errorLogger,bean=internal]
o.s.b.a.e.j.EndpointMBeanExporter  INFO - Registering beans for JMX exposure on startup

Answer 1

Try to go through this documentation spring-cloud-config-push-notifications and do not forget to install ngrock. Also if you just need to refresh on git commit then you do not even need cloud-bus project just config should be enough. Hope this helps.