How to delay Eureka client registration with Eureka Server?

Question

I have a Spring Boot application which is also a Eureka client. The normal behavior of the application is to register with Eureka server on start up as UP. I have a requirement that the application shouldn't register with the Eureka server until smoke testing is completed during deployment.

Is there a way to delay the registration with Eureka Server or register as OUT_OF_SERVICE with some type of configuration changes? I am aware of the Eureka REST endpoints to register, unregister, and change status.

Answer 1

Setting eureka.instance.initial-status=OUT_OF_SERVICE will register the service with that status.