WORKERS AHEAD!
You are viewing the development documentation for the Apereo CAS server. The functionality presented here is not officially released yet. This is a work in progress and will be continually updated as development moves forward. You are most encouraged to test the changes presented.
Service Discovery
Service Discovery is one of the key tenets of a microservice based architecture. This guide aims to describe built-in CAS supported options that can be used for locating nodes for the purpose of load balancing and failover.
Eureka Server Discovery Service
Eureka is a REST-based service that is primarily used for locating services for the purpose of load balancing and failover of middle-tier servers. CAS provides a Eureka-enabled service discovery server that is based on Spring Cloud Netflix and bootstrapped via Spring Cloud.
See this guide for more info.
Consul Server Discovery Service
HashiCorp Consul has multiple components, but as a whole, it is a tool for discovering and configuring services in your infrastructure. It provides key features such as service discovery, health checking and more.
See this guide for more info.