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What is service discovery in Spring Cloud (Eureka)?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

Service discovery allows microservices to find each other dynamically.

Deep explanation

Eureka Server maintains registry of services. Clients register and discover services without hardcoded URLs.

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