Netflix Eureka

Service registry for Java/Spring microservices discovery

🐧 Linux🍎 Mac🪟 Windows

Reviewed: 2026-06|Tested on: Kubernetes 1.29 · Terraform 1.8 · Ubuntu 22.04

What is this?

Eureka is Netflix's service registry — microservices register themselves and discover each other.

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Step 01

Install Netflix Eureka

(01)Install Netflix Eureka

Linux

1docker run -d --name eureka -p 8761:8761 springcloud/eureka

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Step 02

Configure Netflix Eureka

(01)Configure Netflix Eureka

Linux

1# Spring Boot application.yml:
2# eureka:
3#   client:
4#     service-url:
5#       defaultZone: http://localhost:8761/eureka/
6curl http://localhost:8761

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Step 03

Verify

(01)Verify installation

Linux

1curl -s http://localhost:8761/eureka/apps | head
2# Eureka dashboard: http://localhost:8761

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Step 04

Common Problems

#1Services not registering with Eureka

Linux

1curl http://localhost:8761/eureka/apps
2docker logs eureka
3# Spring: check eureka.client.service-url.defaultZone