In traditional or old-fashioned application architecture, IP addresses and ports are mainly static and fixed so that they can be easily managed for client applications. In a static, configuration-based application, each service is deployed at the same location and only rarely do we need to change the location of the services. However, in the case of cloud-based microservices applications, IP addresses and ports are very difficult, and sometimes even impossible, to manage.
In the microservice architecture, we cannot guarantee that there will be static configuration because microservices are independently deployable and individual teams work on individual microservices; each team can deploy and scale their microservices independently. More services and instances may also be added to the system to provide scalability to...
