Overview

This PR introduces a complete local cloud-native platform deployment for Spring Petclinic Microservices and establishes the foundation for future Kubernetes migration.

Changes Implemented

Containerization

• Added optimized Dockerfiles for all microservices
• Added .dockerignore files to reduce image size and build context
• Built and deployed optimized v2 container images

Platform Improvements

• Enhanced docker-compose configuration
• Added environment variable configuration for Config Server integration
• Added JVM memory tuning through docker-compose.override.yml

Observability Stack

• Added Prometheus monitoring configuration
• Integrated Grafana for metrics visualization
• Integrated Zipkin for distributed tracing
• Configured Micrometer metrics scraping

Runtime Validation

• Verified Config Server health
• Verified Eureka Discovery Server health
• Verified API Gateway routing
• Verified service registration in Eureka
• Verified Prometheus target scraping
• Verified Grafana dashboard metrics
• Verified Zipkin trace collection

Validation Evidence

Successfully validated:

• Customers Service
• Visits Service
• Vets Service
• API Gateway
• Admin Server
• Config Server
• Discovery Server

Next Phase

Kubernetes migration and platform deployment.