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Netflix Eureka server

Eureka (https://github.com/Netflix/eureka) consists of the following:

• The Eureka server

Eureka is a REST-based service. It is used for locating services for load balancing and failover middle tiers. 

Eureka servers help to load balance among the instances. They are more useful in a cloud-based environment where the availability is intermittent. On the other hand, traditional load balancers help in load balancing the traffic between known and fixed instances.

• The Eureka client

Eureka provides a Eureka client, which makes the interaction between servers seamless. It is a Java-based client.

Eureka acts as a middle tier load balancer that helps to load balance the host of a middle-tier services. They provide a simple ...