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Gautam Gupta, Microservices Architecture Expert

Answered May 19, 2017

You can simply implement each Microservice as a separate endpoint and deploy within same
Tomcat container. But this will essentially defeat the main purpose of Microservices architecture.

You want to use Microservices architecture so that you can scale it independently of any other
Microservice.

Therefore, it is best to run separate Microservices in different Tomcat containers.

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Amaresh Kumar, studied Computer Engineering at University of Pune, India

Answered May 12, 2017

You don't .

Define port no as 0 in config file,while starting up it will take random ports.all the instance will be
available with Eureka Server.
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Joseph Cooper
Answered Mar 12, 2018

Firstly - you shouldn’t do this. I had the same idea, but containers are fairly lightweight and with
the resources of the cloud today (unless you care about kb’s in memory) - take a peek here to see
What is the runtime performance cost of a Docker container

When it comes to scaling a specific app or ensuring resources are avail for your apps needs - one
container per app is the way and IMO should be a microservice principle.

Now - If you’re trying to run a quick proof of concept. This is possible with Kubernetes if you’re
planning on using it.
 1. Create a deployment definition and deploy your container, but inside your container, run
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service has its own IP or domain name mapped to is with ingress.

Now the above may sound extremely foreign to you if you're not using k8s. But I skimmed through
the docker portion and spent 10 hours on Scalable Microservices with Kubernetes | Udacity which
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