System Design

How to Deploy Java Spring Boot Microservices in...

  0) Pick your runtime (decision in 1 minute) Need Best fit Lowest ops, containers ECS on Fargate (no servers) Kubernetes ecosystem EKS (managed control plane) Fastest “just ship it”...

Monolithic, SOA, and Microservices Architecture?

Here’s a clear side-by-side comparison of Monolithic, SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture), and Microservices architectures: 1. Monolithic Architecture Definition:All application components (UI, business logic, data access) are packaged and deployed as a...

How do you deploy Microservices?

1) Package each service Containerize: Dockerfile per service (multi‑stage builds, minimal base images). Versioning: Semantic tags (e.g., orders:1.4.2), immutable images. Artifacts: Push to a private registry. 2) Continuous Integration (CI)...

What is Service Mesh?

  1. Definition A service mesh is an infrastructure layer for managing service-to-service communication in a microservices architecture.It provides features like service discovery, traffic routing, security, and observability without requiring...

What are sidecars in microservices?

1. Definition A sidecar is a separate process or container that runs alongside a microservice in the same host or pod to provide supporting capabilities — without changing the microservice’s...

How do you handle inter-service communication f...

1) Detect and bound the failure Tight timeouts: Set per‑call timeouts (client + server). No “infinite” waits. Deadlines/contexts: Propagate request deadlines (gRPC deadline, HTTP header). Health checks: Use readiness for...