# Accessing Service Locator

Available in...

* Data Fabric
* Data Services Platform
* ESB
* Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

Service Locator provides automatic and transparent failover and load balancing between service Consumers and Providers and allows for dynamic endpoint registration and lookup.

Once Talend ESB installed, you can access the Service Locator in the <TalendESBPath>/zookeeper directory or install it as a feature directly within the Talend ESB Container.

### In this section

* [Installing Service Locator as an OSGi Feature (Recommended)](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-linux/8.0/installing-service-locator-as-osgi-feature-recommended)
* [Installing Service Locator as standalone (Alternative)](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/installation-guide-linux/8.0/installing-service-locator-as-standalone-alternative)