An information obtaining method, comprising: receiving (202a, 403), by a first server, information about a first instance of an application from a second server, wherein the first server is an edge network configuration server and the second server is an edge enabler server of a multi-access edge computing network architecture, wherein the first server is connected to the second server by using a reference point, wherein the information about the first instance comprises identification information of the application and first information, and the first information is used to indicate a location of the first instance; receiving, by the first server, information about a second instance of the application from a third server, wherein the information about the second instance comprises the identification information of the application and second information, the second information is used to indicate a location of the second instance, and the first server is a server serving the second server and the third server; and storing (203, 404), by the first server, the information about the first instance and the information about the second instance, further comprising: receiving, by the first server, area information of the second server from the second server or a first network element; obtaining, by the first server, location information of user equipment (103, 304); and determining, by the first server, a target server based on the area information of the second server and the location information of the user equipment (103, 304). receiving (202a, 403), by a first server, information about a first instance of an application from a second server, wherein the first server is an edge network configuration server and the second server is an edge enabler server of a multi-access edge computing network architecture, wherein the first server is connected to the second server by using a reference point, wherein the information about the first instance comprises identification information of the application and first information, and the first information is used to indicate a location of the first instance; receiving, by the first server, information about a second instance of the application from a third server, wherein the information about the second instance comprises the identification information of the application and second information, the second information is used to indicate a location of the second instance, and the first server is a server serving the second server and the third server; and storing (203, 404), by the first server, the information about the first instance and the information about the second instance, further comprising: receiving, by the first server, area information of the second server from the second server or a first network element; obtaining, by the first server, location information of user equipment (103, 304); and determining, by the first server, a target server based on the area information of the second server and the location information of the user equipment (103, 304). receiving, by the first server, area information of the second server from the second server or a first network element; obtaining, by the first server, location information of user equipment (103, 304); and determining, by the first server, a target server based on the area information of the second server and the location information of the user equipment (103, 304).