Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud (Udemy.com)
Java Spring Boot Microservices 5-in-1 - Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes and REST API (REST Web Services)
Created by: in28Minutes Official
Last updated May 2026
Our take
Based on the ratings of 60,531 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in May 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.
This is really two courses stitched together. The first half builds a REST API with Spring Boot, adding versioning, validation, HATEOAS, OpenAPI docs and basic security. The second half moves into Spring Cloud, then Docker, then Kubernetes. It runs 22.8 hours across 286 lectures, and roughly 306,000 people have enrolled. Ranga Karanam of in28Minutes teaches it, and it is aimed at Java developers who already know Spring and want their first structured look at microservices, not at people still learning Java itself.
Reviewers praise how easy the lessons are to follow, even the Kubernetes section, and one says the hands-on practicals just work without getting stuck. The appendices on Spring, JPA, JUnit, Mockito and Gradle get thanks for filling gaps. The complaints are specific. One student finds the accent hard to follow. One 3-star review says classes and annotations pop up without a bigger-picture architecture diagram, so it is easy to lose track of where the project is heading. Low-star reviews also call the opening web services section shallow and grumble about plugs for other in28Minutes courses.
The course was updated in May 2026 and the Docker and Kubernetes sections carry V3 labels, so it is not running on stale tooling. There are no quizzes or coding exercises, so you learn by typing along. Against the Spring Boot beginner courses it sits beside, this is the natural next step rather than a competitor: finish one of those first, then come here for Spring Cloud, containers and orchestration. For Java developers who want the whole microservices picture in one paid course, it is a safe pick.
Pros
- One reviewer says the practicals never got stuck; another found even the Kubernetes lessons easy to follow
- Appendices cover Spring, Spring Boot, JPA, JUnit, Mockito and Gradle for anyone with gaps
- Updated May 2026, with V3 Docker and Kubernetes sections and 44 written articles
- Students call the explanations simple and crisp and say they can apply them to real work
Cons
- One student finds the accent hard to follow, and another found Japanese subtitles stop after section 5
- No big-picture architecture diagram, so one reviewer says they lose track of where the project is heading
- No quizzes or coding exercises, and low-star reviews mention plugs for other in28Minutes courses
It was very easy to follow along in all lessons, even Kubernetes. And there are lots of well written appendices to fill in any knowledge gaps.
Listed as All Levels but the requirements assume Java and Spring experience; only microservices, Docker and Kubernetes start from zero.
Featured in our guide: The 10 Best Java Courses on Udemy in 2026
What you will learn
- Develop and design REST API and REST WEB SERVICES with Spring Boot
- Develop MICROSERVICES with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud
- Orchestrate microservices with KUBERNETES
- Create containers for microservices with DOCKER
- IMPLEMENT Exception Handling, Validation, HATEOAS and filtering for RESTful Web Services.
- Implement client side load balancing , Dynamic scaling(Eureka Naming Server) and an API Gateway
- You will setup Centralized Microservices Configuration with Spring Cloud Config Server
- You will learn to implement Distributed tracing for microservices with Zipkin
- You will implement Fault Tolerance for microservices with Resilience4J
- You will understand how to version your RESTful Web Services
- You will understand how to monitor RESTful Services with Spring Boot Actuator
- You will understand how to document RESTful Web Services with Open API Documentation
- You will understand the best practices in designing RESTful web services
- Simplify communication with other Microservices using Feign REST Client
Course content
17 sections · 286 lectures · 23 hours of video 44 articles
- 1Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Getting Started 3 free previews5 lectures · 8 min
- 2Introduction To Web Services 1 free preview5 lectures · 15 min
- 3Restful Web Services with Spring Boot56 lectures · 5.2 hours
- 4Introduction to Maven12 lectures · 1 hour
- 5Introduction To Microservices 3 free previews6 lectures · 20 min
- 6Microservices with Spring Cloud52 lectures · 3.6 hours
- 7Docker with Microservices using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - V332 lectures · 2.4 hours
- 8Kubernetes with Microservices using Docker, Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - V334 lectures · 2.9 hours
- 9Thanks3 lectures · 2 min
- 10Appendix - Introduction to Spring Framework in 10 Steps (Actually 16)16 lectures · 1.4 hours
- 11Appendix - Introduction to Spring Boot in 12 Steps15 lectures · 1.3 hours
- 12Appendix - Introduction to JUnit6 lectures · 38 min
- 13Appendix - Introduction To Mockito7 lectures · 38 min
- 14Appendix - Introduction To Gradle8 lectures · 26 min
- 15Appendix - Introduction to JPA in 10 Steps - V213 lectures · 1.3 hours
- 16APPENDIX - Introduction to Functional Programming in 30 Minutes10 lectures · 50 min
- 17APPENDIX - Java New Features - A Quick Review using Q&A Format6 lectures · 32 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- You want to learn how to design and develop RESTful web services with Spring Boot
- You want to learn how to design and develop Microservices with Spring Cloud
- You want to learn Step by Step with a Hands-on Approach
- You want to learn to build containers for Microservices with Docker
- You want to orchestrate Microservices with Kubernetes
What you need before you start
- You have an attitude to learn while having fun :)
- You have experience with Java and Spring and ZERO Experience with Microservices
- You have ZERO Experience with Docker
- You have ZERO Experience with Kubernetes
- This course requires you to download Docker Desktop. An alternative to Docker Desktop is Podman Desktop. If you are a Udemy Business user, please check with your employer before downloading software.
How it compares
Against the other 815 rated Udemy courses in Web Development on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 51% of them
- Reviews60,531#3 of 816 by number of reviews
- Length22.8 hourslonger than 82% of them
- Last updatedMay 2026more recently than 83% of them
Course Description
Do you want to learn from the MOST POPULAR Course (250,000+ Students) on Microservices? Do you want to Learn to Build an Amazing REST API with Spring Boot? Do you want to learn what the Hype about Microservices is all about? Do you want to Build Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud? Do you want to Build Containers with Docker? Do you want to orchestrate Microservices with Kubernetes? Look no further!
UPDATES: New Sections on SPRING BOOT, DOCKER and KUBERNETES.
WHAT OUR LEARNERS ARE SAYING:
5 STARS - Anyone willing to learn Spring Cloud APIs and Spring Rest must enroll for the course without second-thoughts.
5 STARS - Probably I can say this is best tutorial for Spring boot as well as Micro Service for the learners who have just started there work/projects on these technologies.
5 STARS - This was an excellent course! The instructor provided great examples that were straight-forward and easy to understand….. I would highly recommend his courses if you want to solid introduction to spring boot and the spring framework.
5 STARS - Very helpful for the beginners as well as experienced people to gain knowledge on Restful Web-services and Spring boot. Thank you for such a nice tutorial.
5 STARS - This was perfect course to get introduced to the world of microservices. Instructor explained each topic by first listing the problems that the particular solution is going to solve.
5 STARS - Great course, the teacher explains everything in a good way making good examples that makes easy to understand how this knowledge can be use in real project. All the courses of in28minutes are great, i'm waiting for the next great course.
5 STARS - The instructor's has a unique style of teaching which is very uncomplicated , up-to-the point and very effective. Great job!
5 STARS - This one is the most awesome course that I have ever purchased in udemy!
NOTE: This course requires you to download Docker Desktop. An alternative to Docker Desktop is Podman Desktop. If you are a Udemy Business user, please check with your employer before downloading software.
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Developing RESTful web services and REST API is fun. The combination of Java, Spring Boot, Spring Web MVC, Spring Web Services and JPA makes it even more fun. And its even more fun to create Microservices.
There are two parts to this course - RESTful web services and Microservices
Architectures are moving towards microservices. RESTful web services are the first step to developing great microservices. Java and Spring Boot, in combination with Spring Web MVC (also called Spring REST) makes it easy to develop RESTful web services.
In the first part of the course, you will learn the basics of RESTful web services developing resources for a social media application. You will learn to implement these resources with multiple features - versioning, exception handling, documentation (Swagger), basic authentication (Spring Security), filtering and HATEOAS. You will learn the best practices in designing RESTful web services.
In this part of the course, you will be using Spring (Dependency Management), Spring MVC (or Spring REST), Spring Boot, Spring Security (Authentication and Authorization), Spring Boot Actuator (Monitoring), Swagger (Documentation), Maven (dependencies management), Eclipse (IDE), Postman (REST Services Client) and Tomcat Embedded Web Server. We will help you set up each one of these.
In the second part of the course, you will learn the basics of Microservices. You will understand how to implement microservices using Spring Cloud.
In this part of the course, you will learn to establish communication between microservices, enable load balancing, scaling up and down of microservices. You will also learn to centralize the configuration of microservices with Spring Cloud Config Server. You will implement Eureka Naming Server and Distributed tracing with Spring Cloud Sleuth and Zipkin. You will create fault tolerant microservices with Zipkin.
In the third part of the course, you will learn the basics of Docker. You will understand how to build containers for microservices built using Docker and Spring Cloud.
In the fourth part of the course, you will learn the basics of Kubernetes. You will understand how to orchestrate microservices with Kubernetes.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM EVERY IN28MINUTES COURSE
in28Minutes offers 50+ Best Selling Courses providing Amazing Learning Experiences to 1 MILLION Learners across the world.
Each of these courses come with
Amazing Hands-on Step By Step Learning Experiences
Real Project Experiences using the Best Tools and Frameworks
Awesome Troubleshooting Guides with 200+ FAQs Answered
Friendly Support in the Q&A section
Free Udemy Certificate of Completion on Completion of Course
HERE ARE A FEW REVIEWS ON THE IN28MINUTES WAY
5 STARS - Excellent, fabulous. The way he has prepared the material and the way he teaches is really awesome. What an effort .. Thanks a million
5 STARS - A lot of preparation work has taken place from the teacher and this is visible throughout the course.
5 STARS - This guy is fantastic. Really. Wonderful teaching skills, and goes well out of his way to make sure that everything he is doing is fully understood. This is the kind of tutorial that gets me excited to work with a framework that I may otherwise not be.
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
60,531 Reviews
in28Minutes Official
Ranga Karanam, the founder of in28minutes, has 2 decades of experience with technology - architecture, design, and programming. We are helping learners take their first steps into modern cloud native technology and gain expertise on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes amongst others.
Our happiest moments are when learners tag us on LinkedIn or reach out to us with their stories of getting their first job, getting a promotion, or a big raise.
----------------------
Ranga is multi-cloud certified - Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect, Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals Certified AZ-900, DP-900 and AI-900.
Our courses are focused on Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform - GCP), DevOps, Full Stack ( React, Angular ), Serverless, Programming, and Microservice Development with Java and Spring Boot.
Our Top Courses include:
1) Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud
2) Java Programming for Complete Beginners
3) Google Cloud Certification - Associate Cloud Engineer - 2021
4) DevOps For Beginners - Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps
5) Spring Framework Master Class - Java Spring the Modern Way
More courses by in28Minutes Official
Java Programming for Complete Beginners (2026)
4.6 (54,293 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 60.6h
$139.99
AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals in a Weekend (2026)
4.6 (49,111 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 11.6h
$129.99
GCP Associate Cloud Engineer - Google Cloud Certification (2026)
4.6 (38,020 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 25.6h
$124.99
Spring Framework Master Class - Java Spring the Modern Way (2026)
4.5 (29,267 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 14.7h
$139.99
Learn Java Unit Testing with Junit & Mockito in 30 Steps (2024)
4.6 (27,703 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 5h
$16.99
Learn Spring Boot 3 in 100 Steps - No 1 Java Framework (2026)
4.6 (19,308 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 18.1h
$124.99
More Web Development courses
Python Fullstack Mastery: Build Modern Web Apps with Django (2025)
5.0 (165 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 35h
$19.99
NgRx Signal store for Angular - The missing guide (2026)
4.9 (436 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 11.3h
$89.99
Vue 3: Create a Mobile & Desktop App (with Quasar 2 & Pinia) (2024)
4.9 (177 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 7.6h
$79.99
Build a URL Shortener App with ASP.NET: Step by Step (2026)
4.9 (100 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 9.6h
$10.99
The Complete Elixir and Phoenix Bootcamp (2021)
4.8 (7,773 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 17.4h
$84.99
Reviews
By Mark Jurkin on 8/26/2026
well, nice course. However one thing is lacking - perspective. Along the story different classes, challenges and annotations pops randomly up and after couple of videos I feel lost. Where did I start? Where am I currently and where am I heading? Graphical representation of application architecture in the beginning with later references along the way showing the progress could help keep focus.
By Moshe Solomon on 8/25/2026
Exceptional course and instructor. It was very easy to follow along in all lessons, even Kubernetes. And there are lots of well written appendices to fill in any knowledge gaps. You learn by creating and running Spring Boot projects over and over covering lots of fun topics until it's drilled-in. Thank you Ranga!
By Aditi Bhangale on 6/17/2026
Topics are made simple, easy and crisp to understand. He has guided us properly through the practicals. We don't get stuck anywhere while executing the praticals. Hence, I loved the way he is teaching.
By yusuke taniguchi on 5/28/2026
I'm not sure if this is a Udemy issue, but it was a little disappointing that Japanese subtitles weren't available from section 6 onwards. However, the lecture content itself was very clear and extremely helpful.
By Mehran Musharraf Mohammed Iqbal on 4/23/2026
This was a very valuable course for building a strong understanding of microservices. What I especially appreciated was the motivation provided throughout the sessions and the discussions beyond the core syllabus. Those moments added a real human touch and were genuinely helpful in encouraging personal growth alongside technical learning.
By Anonymized User on 4/6/2026
Ranga Karanam is one of the guys who breaks down the complex topics and explains in way easy to understand. The teaching and clarity of the topics is simply outstanding.
By Bhagyashree Jadhav on 3/19/2026
It was good. Just experienced videos getting hung/stuck intermittently during sessions, they went on after clicking 5s forward button. Please check the issue.
By Ehsan ul khaliq on 2/23/2026
Probably I can say this is best tutorial for Spring boot as well as Micro Service for the learners who have just started there work/projects on these technologies.
By Aydın Güneş on 1/7/2026
This is one of the most amazing Java courses I’ve taken. It clearly covers everything needed from beginning to end and helped me refresh and solidify my core Java knowledge. The explanations are structured, practical, and easy to follow. Thank you, Ranga, for such a high-quality course.
By Agniswar Roy on 12/9/2025
I would suggest cleanup of too outdated content and also mark course progression on the active one. Spring Boot 4 is out, Most probably course will be updated in 2-3 months, no point of keeping 4 hours + material for spring boot < 2.3
Quality Score
Overall Score : 90 / 100












