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Understanding Microservice Architecture

Microservices architecture breaks down applications into smaller, independent services. Here's a rundown of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ in this architecture:

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  1. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ
    These are the end-users who interact with the application via different interfaces like web, mobile, or PC.

  2. ๐‚๐ƒ๐ (Content Delivery Network)
    CDNs deliver static content like images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files efficiently by caching them closer to the user's location, reducing load times.

  3. ๐‹๐จ๐š๐ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ
    It distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers, ensuring no single server becomes a bottleneck and improving the application's availability and reliability.

  4. ๐€๐๐ˆ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ
    An API Gateway acts as an entry point for all clients, handling tasks like request routing, composition, and protocol translation, which helps manage multiple microservices behind the scenes.

  5. ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ
    Each microservice is a small, independent service that performs a specific business function. They communicate with each other via APIs.

  6. ๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ซ
    A message broker facilitates communication between microservices by sending messages between them, ensuring they remain decoupled and can function independently.

  7. ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ
    Each microservice typically has its own database to ensure loose coupling. This can involve different databases for different microservices

  8. ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ
    This component handles user authentication and authorization, ensuring secure access to services.

  9. ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ
    This system keeps track of all microservices and their instances, allowing services to find and communicate with each other dynamically.

  10. ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (e.g., Zookeeper)
    Tools like Zookeeper help manage and coordinate distributed services, ensuring they work together smoothly.

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