Microservices greatly benefit most agile and DevOps teams and enable companies to transition from monolithic architectures. Read on.
Microservices greatly benefit most agile and DevOps teams. Many tech giants have transitioned from monolithic architectures to microservice architectures. Unlike monoliths, a microservice application isn't built as single, autonomous units. Thus, changes to the application don't affect the entire system and are much faster. For the uninitiated, here is a glance at the technology and its various attributes.
What are Microservices?
Microservices is an application development approach in which the larger application is crafted from modular services and components, with each module supporting specific tasks. Microservices use a simple, well-defined interface, such as APIs, to facilitate communication with other sets of services.
In such an architecture, applications are categorized into services, and each service manages its own databases and runs unique processes. Furthermore, they can also execute tasks such as providing authentication, generating alerts, logging data, etc. For development teams, microservices bring a more decentralized approach to building software, providing independence in isolating, rebuilding, redeploying, and managing each service.
Characteristics of Such an Architecture
Microservices have a lot of discrete components and services. The typical characteristics of microservices include:
- Unique design and deploy services to accomplish tasks
- Decentralized structure with almost zero dependencies
- Resilient architecture with maximum fault tolerance.
- Using APIs to communicate
- Data separation capabilities