- Eureka naming server is a REST-based server that is used in the AWS Cloud services for load balancing and fail-over of middle-tier services.
- Eureka naming server is an application that holds information about all client service applications.
- Each microservice registers itself with the Eureka naming server.
- The naming server registers the client services with their port numbers and IP addresses.
- It is also known as Discovery Server.
- Eureka naming server comes with the bundle of Spring Cloud. It runs on the default port 8761.
- It also comes with a Java-based client component, the eureka client, which makes interactions with the service much easier.
