Understandings about micro-services

Why？

The smaller the service is, the easier to be integrated and managed.

History?

Monolithic -> MVC -> RPC -> SOA -?> Microservice (running in its own process)

How?

Existing frameworks

• Spring Cloud(http://cloud.spring.io)
• Imixs-Workflow(http://www.imixs.org/)
• Dubbo(http://dubbo.io)
  

Steps to design

1. Separate the implementation to front end, service, support basis...
   
2. Divide according to techniques and system architecture...
3. Verify the communication mechanism, such as REST or RPC

Workload balance and robustness

• A pulse exists between each server/client and the ConfigServer;
• A new server register to configServer;
  
• A new client contact ConfigServer via server names;
• The client may select service when multi server exist;
• The ConfigServer may inform the client about the new service provider if service state changes.
  

Continuous integration

cloud based, Docker, DevOps...

Implementation

• Develop via cloud based platform
• Distribute via container style service publication