An information obtaining method, comprising: receiving , 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 , 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 ; 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 . receiving , 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 , 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 ; 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 . 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 ; 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 . <EOS>