Microservices Architecture:

The Design Principles

Microservices Design Principles

Rag Dhiman
Pluralsight Author

@RagDhiman
 Microservices Architecture

Structured Synchronous Continuous

Correlation ID Cache Stateless Serverless Coupling
Logging Communication Integration

Strangler
Asynchronous Temporal Load Continuous
Micro Database Timeouts
Communication Coupling Microservices Balancer
Application
Delivery
REST
Pattern

Circuit Event-Driven API

Fail Fast BFF API Authentication SOA ACID
Breaker Communication Gateway

Bounded Container Eventual

Event Storming API Catalogue Containers Authentication Retry Policy consistency
Context Orchestration
 Course Overview

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Approach to Microservice
Microservices Design
Design Principles
Principles

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Technologies for
Moving Forward and
Microservices
Maturing Microservices
Architecture
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 Target Audience

Business Engineer
 Microservices introduction
Overview - What is a service?
- Microservices architecture
- Microservices communication design
- The monolith
- Microservices success
- Monolith vs. microservices

Microservices design principles

Microservices Introduction
 What Is a Service?

Website Web App

Mobile App Database

Service

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 What Is a Service?

Website Web App

Service
Mobile App

Database

ESB Service

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 What Is a Service?

Website Server 1

Server 2
Mobile App Database Cluster

Server 3

Desktop App Internet

On-Premise
(Network)
 What Is a Service?

Website VM 1

VM 2
Mobile App Cloud database

VM 3

Desktop App Internet

Cloud
(Network)
Microservices Architecture
 Microservices Architecture

Website Web App

Mobile App
? Database

Service

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 Microservices Architecture

Website Web App

Account Product

Mobile App Promotion Inventory Database

Order

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 Microservices Architecture

Website Web App

Account Product

Mobile App Promotion Inventory

Order

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 Microservices Architecture

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Website Web App

Account Product

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Mobile App Inventory
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Promotion

Order

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 Authorization
Microservices Architecture
Authentication

Worker Service

API Based Service

Eventual consistency
Avoid Distributed Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry
Transactions
Fire and forget calls

Messages/Events

Message Broker
Asynchronous
Communication BFF API Account Product
Caches Mobile App

Temporal Coupling
Request and
Response (wait) calls Message Broker
Synchronous
Communication
API Gateway API Gateway
Service Registry Inventory
Desktop App Order Promotion
Stateless Instances

Load Balancer
Internet
BFF API
(Network)
 Authorization
Microservices Architecture
Authentication

Worker Service

API Based Service

Eventual consistency
IAM
Avoid Distributed Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry
Transactions
Fire and forget calls

Messages/Events

Message Broker
Asynchronous
Communication BFF API Account Product
Caches Mobile App

Temporal Coupling
Request and
Response (wait) calls Message Broker
Synchronous
Communication
API Gateway API Gateway
Service Registry Inventory
Desktop App Order Promotion
Stateless Instances

Load Balancer
Internet
BFF API
(Network)
 Cheat-sheet: Microservices Architecture
SOA with application-level scope for services

Smaller services with a cohesive focus

Independent data storage

API Scalable, performant, and flexible applications

Gateway
Web
App High availability and reliable application

BFF Technology agnostic services

MS Independently changeable and deployable

BFF Network communication mechanism

Sync and async com to avoid distributed transactions

MS MS Centralized tooling for management
The Monolith
 The Pure Monolith

Account

Product
Website
Web App

+ Data
Promotion
Access
API
Endpoints

Inventory

Mobile App Database

Order

Presentation Business Data

Layer Layer Layer

Web App

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 Services with Monolith Challenges

Account

Product
Website Web App

API Data
Promotion
Endpoints Access

Inventory

Mobile App Database

Order

Presentation Business Data

Layer Layer Layer

Service

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 Microservices Ready Monolith

API Data
Account
Endpoints Access

API Data
Product
Website Web App Endpoints Access

API Data
Promotion
Endpoints Access

API Data
Inventory
Endpoints Access

Mobile App Database

API Data
Order
Endpoints Access

Presentation Business Data

Layer Layer Layer

Service

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 Microservices Monolith

Website Web App

Account Product

Mobile App Promotion Inventory

Order

Desktop App Internet

(Network)
 Cheat-sheet: The Monolith
No restriction on size

Longer development and deployment

Inaccessible features

Fixed technology stack

API
Gateway High levels of coupling
Web
App
Failure could affect the whole system
BFF
MS Inefficient scaling

Minor change results in entire system deployment

BFF
Easy to replicate the environment

Quick solution for startups and prototyping

MS MS
Monolith is an alternative
Microservices Success
 Microservices Success: Why

Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry Your Team
Your Rivals

BFF API Account Product

Order Mobile App

Message Broker

API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Desktop App

Internet
(Network)
 Microservices Success: Why

Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry Your Team

BFF API Account Product

Mobile App

Message Broker

API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Desktop App

Internet
(Network)
 Microservices Success: Why

Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry

BFF API Account Product

Mobile App

Message Broker

API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Desktop App

Internet
(Network)
 Microservices Success: Why

Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry

Accounts Team Product Team

BFF API Account Product

Mobile App

Message Broker
Orders Team Inventory Team

API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Desktop App

Internet

Promotions Team
 Microservices Success: Why
Code
Changes

Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry

BFF API Account Product Source Control

Mobile App

Message Broker

API Gateway Build Server

Order Promotion Inventory

Desktop App

Internet
(Network)

Deployment
 Microservices Success: Why

Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry

Dev Team One: Dev Team Two:

Feature One Feature Two

BFF API Account Product

Mobile App

Message Broker
Dev Team Three: Dev Team Five:
Feature Three Feature Five

API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Desktop App

Internet

Dev Team Four:

Feature Four
 Microservices Success: Why

Website Security Web App BFF API Service Registry

BFF API Account Product

Mobile App

Message Broker

API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Desktop App

Internet
(Network)
 Microservices Success: Why
On-Premise

Applications
Security Web App BFF API Service Registry
Data

Runtime

Middleware
BFF API Account Product
OS

Virtualization
Message Broker
Servers

Storage API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Networking
 Microservices Success: Why
IAAS

Applications
Security Web App BFF API Service Registry
Data

Runtime

Middleware
BFF API Account Product
OS

Virtualization
Message Broker
Servers

Storage API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Networking
 Microservices Success: Why
PAAS

Applications
Security Web App BFF API Service Registry
Data

Runtime

Middleware
BFF API Account Product
OS

Virtualization
Message Broker
Servers

Storage API Gateway

Order Promotion Inventory

Networking
Microservices Success: Why

Microservice
1

Microservice Microservice
4 2

Service
Microservice
3

Transform
Eliminate
Coexist
 Cheat-sheet: Microservice Success
Competitive software market Shorter development times

Mandatory reliability Reliable and faster deployment

Business domain-driven design Enables frequent updates

Automated test tools Decouple the changeable parts

Automated deployment tools Security

Agile practices Increased uptime

Cloud and on-premise hosting Fast issue resolution

Embrace new technology Highly scalable and better performance

Performance via async communication Better ownership and knowledge

Simpler technology Right technology

Methodical transition strategies Enables distributed teams

Demo
Monolith vs. Microservices
- Your typical monolith
- Microservices version
Microservices Design Principles
 Microservices Design Principles

Domain-driven
Autonomous Ownership Culture
Cohesion
Each service is independently Each service is a product with a team
changeable and deployable Each service represents a specific part behind it
of the business with a cohesive focus

Resiliency Observability Automation

Each service fails fast and alternates Workflows and component health is Tools for automated hosting, testing
functionality visible and traceable and deployment
 Microservices introduction
Summary - What is a service?
- Microservices architecture
- Microservices communication design
- The monolith
- Microservices success
- Monolith vs. microservices

Microservices design principles