Spring Cloud Openfeign @EnableFeignClients not working from @Configuration classes

Annotation @EnableFeignClients not working from @Configuration classes. Works fine from Spring Boot Application class, fails from Configuration class.

See: https://github.com/sfg-beer-works/sfg-brewery-beer-service/tree/enable-feign-on-config

Master branch working, branch enable-feign-on-config fails. (Bean not found error for Feign client).

Annotated config class is guru.sfg.brewery.beer_service.config.LocalDiscovery.

Use case is setting up config without Eureka using RestTemplate for local dev, and a config with Eureka via active profiles. Based on the Javadoc of the annotation, I expected this to work from configuration classes.

Also, tested locally using 2.2.1.RELEASE of the Spring Boot starter, same result. (Example is a minor release or two behind)

Comment From: appserzh

Hi. I have faced the same problem. This is because the configuration and clients are in different packages. In such a situation, it is necessary to indicate where the clients are located: @EnableFeignClients(basePackages = "guru.sfg.brewery.beer_service.services.inventory") or list them explicitly: @EnableFeignClients(clients = InventoryServiceFeignClient.class)

Comment From: OlgaMaciaszek

@springframeworkguru since the workaround mentioned by @appserzh is easy to use, I don't think there's a need to change that. @appserzh would you like to create a PR adding this to the docs (against the 2.2.x branch)?