Eureka vs. SkyDNS

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Description

What is Eureka?

Eureka is a REST (Representational State Transfer) based service that is primarily used in the AWS cloud for locating services for the purpose of load balancing and failover of middle-tier servers.

What is SkyDNS?

SkyDNS is a distributed service for announcement and discovery of services. It leverages Raft for high-availability and consensus, and utilizes DNS queries to discover available services. This is done by leveraging SRV records in DNS, with special meaning given to subdomains, priorities and weights (more info here: http://blog.gopheracademy.com/skydns).

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Cons
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Pricing
How much does Eureka cost?
How much does SkyDNS cost?

Companies
What companies use Eureka?
7 companies on StackShare use Eureka
What companies use SkyDNS?
1 companies on StackShare use SkyDNS

Integrations
What tools integrate with Eureka?
2 tools on StackShare integrate with Eureka
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What are some alternatives to Eureka and SkyDNS?

  • Consul - A tool for service discovery, monitoring and configuration
  • Zookeeper - Because coordinating distributed systems is a Zoo
  • etcd - A distributed consistent key-value store for shared configuration and service discovery
  • Serf - Service orchestration and management tool

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