Difference between @RibbonClient and @LoadBalanced
TL;DR: @LoadBalanced is a marker annotation & @RibbonClient is used for configuration purposes. @LoadBalanced Used as a marker annotation indicating that the annotated RestTemplate should use a RibbonLoadBalancerClient for interacting with your service(s). In turn, this allows you to use “logical identifiers” for the URLs you pass to the RestTemplate. These logical identifiers are typically … Read more