Microservices in the Wild: Three Types & How to Implement

Dallas Monson Architecture, Cloud, Development Technologies, Microservices 1 Comment

Microservices has become a catch-all term in the industry used to describe anything from architecture patterns to actual service implementations.

With such a broad spectrum, it can be daunting to know what it is, what it isn’t, and maybe more importantly, why we should care.

In this post, I’ll provide an overview of three kinds of Microservices that I have observed in client architectures: Domain, Integration, and Unit-of-Work. I’ll also discuss specific examples of their purposes and a method to implement each one.

Bringing a Microservice Into an AWS App Mesh

Brad Flood AWS, Cloud, Development Technologies, Microservices Leave a Comment

Remember when Netflix first came out with its suite of distributed components? It included Eureka for service discovery, Hystrix for circuit breaking, and Zuul for intelligent routing. Netflix was running on an AWS infrastructure back then, but the infrastructure didn’t exist for Netflix to manage its microservice ecosystem. The industry has come to describe the Netflix components within the larger context of a service mesh.

AWS recently introduced App Mesh, a highly-available set of services that integrate with the AWS ecosystem and provide the capabilities Netflix was looking for back in the day.

In this post, we provide an introduction to AWS App Mesh and show a quick tutorial of bringing a reference microservice into an AWS App Mesh.

Part 2: Navigation​ Setup with Node + Express ​

Chris Berry JavaScript, Microservices, Node.js, Single-Page Application, solidfoundationsseries, Tutorial, Vue.js Leave a Comment

This is an in-depth learning series focused on a specific application: a JavaScript-based suite of single-page applications optimized for use in a microservice environment. We focus on telling the story of “why” and “how” it was built.

In part one, we reviewed how the base application was created by using the Express Generator command line tool. We also reviewed the folder layout, look and feel, and an overview of what each section of the application does. In this post, we’re going to dive in a little deeper to the application and explain the why and how of the navigation setup for this application….

White Paper Published – Microservices: Patterns for Enterprise Agility and Scalability

Keyhole Software Architecture, Company News, Microservices, Tutorial 4 Comments

We’re excited to announce the release of a new, free white paper on the Microservices software architecture style.

Microservices is an architectural pattern gaining steam in the development community. A Microservices architecture addresses problems that modern enterprises often face, including responding to market demands, handling spikes in traffic, and being tolerant to failure. These benefits are achieved by functionally decomposing a business’ domain into microservices, services that handle only a single responsibility.

In this white paper, we discuss how Microservices came to be, contrasting architecture patterns, features of a Microservices architecture, established patterns, how to get started with Microservices, and suggestions for Microservices adoption.

Download the free Keyhole Software white paper today!

Security in the Microservices Paradigm

Zach Gardner Architecture, Microservices Leave a Comment

One of the least glamorous aspects of implementing a Microservices architecture is the security. It’s not fun or cool when compared to things like the circuit breaker or service discovery, yet it is a critical piece of the ecosystem especially in an enterprise setting.

I’m working on a large Microservices project for a healthcare enterprise on the East Coast. One of the first pieces of the infrastructure we assisted with was security, which has turned out to be a lifesaver for everything that has come after it. I was able to see what security works well as well as what does not work so well in a Microservices environment. In this blog post, I will share a medium to high-level look into how security can be implemented in Microservices.