Eureka server and eureka client to separate tomcat servers - spring

Question

I'm looking for a way to be able to deploy the Eureka server to a different tomcat server than the Eureka client.
this is the client application.yml:
eureka:
client:
registryFetchIntervalSeconds: 5
instance:
preferIpAddress: true
leaseRenewalIntervalInSeconds: 10
server:
port: 8080
spring:
application.name: my-client
jmx:
default-domain: my-client
and the server application.yml looks like:
server:
port: 8761
eureka:
client:
registerWithEureka: false
fetchRegistry: false
It works perfectly fine if I deploy them to the same tomcat-server. But if I start the tomcat with the server only and later start the server with the client, I get the following error:
2017-03-09 16:17:58.496 INFO 7693 --- [on(2)-127.0.0.1] com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient : Registered Applications size is zero : true
2017-03-09 16:17:58.496 INFO 7693 --- [on(2)-127.0.0.1] com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient : Application version is -1: true
2017-03-09 16:17:58.496 INFO 7693 --- [on(2)-127.0.0.1] com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient : Getting all instance registry info from the eureka server
2017-03-09 16:18:04.740 WARN 7693 --- [on(2)-127.0.0.1] c.n.d.s.t.d.RetryableEurekaHttpClient : Request execution failure with status code 404; retrying on another server if available
2017-03-09 16:18:04.745 ERROR 7693 --- [on(2)-127.0.0.1] com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient : DiscoveryClient_MYCLIENT-CLIENT/192.168.196.141:my-client:8080 - was unable to refresh its cache! status = Cannot execute request on any known server
com.netflix.discovery.shared.transport.TransportException: Cannot execute request on any known server
at com.netflix.discovery.shared.transport.decorator.RetryableEurekaHttpClient.execute(RetryableEurekaHttpClient.java:111) ~[eureka-client-1.4.12.jar:1.4.12]
at com.netflix.discovery.shared.transport.decorator.EurekaHttpClientDecorator.getApplications(EurekaHttpClientDecorator.java:134) ~[eureka-client-1.4.12.jar:1.4.12]
What is the difference between bootstrap.yml and application.yml?
Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

your client application.yml dosen't have information about where your eureka server is running.client should register with eureka server, for that you need to configure your client application.yml as follow
eureka:
client:
serviceUrl:
defaultZone:http:localhost:8081/eureka/
instance:
instanceId:application_name:${random.value}