Hystrix fallback method is not invoked

I'm trying hystrix fallback method. On localhost:8082, customer-service is running which returns name of the customer.

If the customer-service is down, fallback method should invoke. But it is not happening.

Below is the code snippet.

Please suggest.

@SpringBootApplication
@EnableDiscoveryClient
@EnableCircuitBreaker
@RestController
public class DemoHystrixApplication {

    @GetMapping("/")
    public String name() {
        String str = getCustomerName();
        return str;
    }

    @HystrixCommand(fallbackMethod = "getFallbackCustomerName")
    private String getCustomerName() {
        RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
        URI uri = URI.create("http://localhost:8082");
        return restTemplate.getForObject(uri, String.class);
    }

    private String getFallbackCustomerName() {
        System.out.println("coming inside fallback method");
        return "Resillient Customer";
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(DemoHystrixApplication.class, args);
    }
}

Both the methods i.e. the actual and fallback methods should be public and move these methods to a separate class and annotate it with @Component.

Give a try, hope this helps.