Apollo Configuration Center Guide

Overview

Apollo is a distributed configuration management system developed by Ctrip's Framework Department. It enables centralized configuration management across multiple environments and clusters, supporting real-time configuration updates with robust permission control and process governance. Ideal for microservices architecture, Apollo's server is built on Spring Boot/Cloud and runs out-of-the-box without requiring additional containers like Tomcat.

GitHub: https://github.com/ctripcorp/apollo

Key Features

• Centralized configuration management for multi-environment/multi-cluster scenarios
• Real-time configuration delivery
• Granular permission control & audit trails
• Configuration versioning & rollback
• Client configuration cache for high availability
• Multi-language client support (Java, .NET, etc.)

This guide focuses on .NET Core integration. For product overview, see Apollo Configuration Center Introduction.

Deployment Options

1. Quick Start (Docker)

# Download deployment files
wget https://github.com/ctripcorp/apollo/raw/master/scripts/docker-quick-start/docker-compose.yml
wget https://github.com/ctripcorp/apollo/raw/master/scripts/docker-quick-start/apollo-env.properties

# Start services
docker-compose up

Verify successful startup:

docker logs apollo-quick-start | grep 'Config service started'
# Expected output: "Config service started. Visit http://localhost:8080"

Access:

• Portal: http://localhost:8070