spring boot app actually running on port 0, instead of random

It doesn't actually start it on port 0, it starts it on a random port.In your eureka server you will see that it is in port 0 but if you put yourself on top without clicking you will see in the browser bar that the port is different.

In the log it shows:

INFO  o.s.b.w.e.tomcat.TomcatWebServer - Tomcat initialized with port(s): 0 (http)

but later changes it:

INFO  o.s.b.w.e.tomcat.TomcatWebServer - Tomcat started on port(s): 64039 (http) with context path ''INFO  o.s.c.n.e.s.EurekaAutoServiceRegistration - Updating port to 64039

So if you have problems communicating with each other, it is because in every microservice you start with random port would have to configure in your application.yml a preferIpAddress to find it by ip and not by hostname:

eureka:  client:    registerWithEureka: true    fetchRegistry: true    serviceUrl:      defaultZone: http://localhost:portServer/eureka/  instance:    preferIpAddress: true

Try to set port programmatically:

@Configurationpublic class ServletConfig {    @Bean    public EmbeddedServletContainerCustomizer containerCustomizer() {        return (container -> {            container.setPort(new Random().nextInt(65_535) + 1_000);        });    }}

Also, this might help: Eureka not able to find port when running microservices on random port