SpringCloud Eureka - simple client doesnt register - spring-cloud

Question

I have an Eureka Server where I want to register a very basic SpringBoot service. Unfortunately the service doesnt register although I tried to follow all the articles I could find.
Moreover when I check description of the DiscoveryClient (that gets autowired), I see "Spring Cloud No-op DiscoveryClient" which suggests (as per NoopDiscoveryClient.java source) that Eureka client library isnt found.
In pom I have
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client</artifactId>
</dependency>
which if I am right should make sure that proper netflix libraries are in place. #EnableEurekaClient annotation is present. No errors on the console when starting the client, nothing interesting in the Eureka Server console logs.
This is the configuration from the application.yml:
eureka:
client:
serviceUrl:
defaultZone: ${vcap.services.eureka-service.credentials.uri:http://127.0.0.1:8761}/eureka/
Any suggestions are really welcomed as I am running out of ideas :)

Answer 1

http://start.spring.io is your friend. You need to use the starters.
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>Brixton.M5</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
and
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-eureka</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>

Answer 2

Except #spencergibb's answer, in my case it also require <spring-cloud.version> inside the <properties>:
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<spring-cloud.version>Greenwich.M3</spring-cloud.version>
</properties>