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Microservices Engine:Query services

Last Updated:Mar 11, 2026

The Service query page in the Microservices Engine (MSE) console lists all Spring Cloud and Dubbo services registered with your MSE instance. Use this page to filter services by name, IP address, or application name, and drill into any service to inspect its providers, consumers, and metadata.

Terminology

TermDescription
ServiceA Spring Cloud or Dubbo service registered with an MSE instance
ApplicationThe deployed entity

Query the service list

  1. Log on to the MSE console and select a region in the top navigation bar.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Microservices Governance > Service query.

  3. Select Framework:Spring Cloud or Framework:Dubbo from the framework drop-down list in the upper-left corner. The page lists all services registered under the selected framework.

Filter services

For large service lists, narrow results with the search fields at the top of the page. Keywords are not case-sensitive.

FilterDescription
Service nameFilter by the registered service name
IPFilter by the IP address of the host running the application
Application nameFilter by the deployed application name

The IP address depends on the deployment target:

  • Elastic Compute Service (ECS) deployments -- the ECS instance IP address.

  • Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) deployments -- the pod IP address.

View service details

  1. Log on to the MSE console and select a region in the top navigation bar.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Microservices Governance > Service query.

  3. Click a service name to open the Service details panel.

The panel has three sections: Basic Information, Service call relationship, and Metadata. The fields differ between Spring Cloud and Dubbo services, as described below.

Spring Cloud services

Basic Information

FieldDescription
Service NameThe registered service name
Service TypeThe type of the service
Application NameThe name of the deployed application
Nacos InstanceThe MSE Nacos instance the service is registered with. Displayed only for Nacos-registered services
Service SubscriptionControls DNS blocking for HTTP-based service calls. When enabled (default for Nacos-registered services), the DNS system preferentially returns results resolved by the Nacos service. You can toggle this feature off

Service call relationship

TabFields displayed
Service ProviderIP addresses, Port
Service ConsumerIP addresses, Application name

Metadata

The Metadata section has two sub-sections:

  • Interface metadata -- displays Class, Request method, Request path, Method name/description, and Parameter list/description for each exposed interface.

  • Service Metadata -- displays service-level metadata and additional metadata that MSE provides for microservices capabilities.

Dubbo services

Basic Information

FieldDescription
Service NameThe registered service name
VersionThe service version
GroupThe service group
Service TypeThe type of the service
Application NameThe name of the deployed application

Service call relationship

TabFields displayed
Service ProviderIP addresses, Port, Serialization method, Timeout Period (ms)
Service ConsumerIP addresses, Port, Serialization method, Timeout Period (ms)

Metadata

The Metadata section has two sub-sections:

  • Interface metadata -- displays Method name, Parameter list, and Return type for each exposed method.

  • Service Metadata -- displays service-level metadata and additional metadata that MSE provides for microservices capabilities.