Observability Revisited
In Chapter 7, Microservice Observability, we looked at how to enable the internal observability of microservices. We examined how to aggregate metrics, logs, and traces so that we can efficiently observe and understand performance and problems across a distributed, highly scalable solution.
In this chapter, we will look at how to make our services externally observable to others. You will learn about methodologies for publishing service metadata to your organization, cataloging and versioning microservice metadata, and how to promote the discovery of shared services within an organization.
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to do the following:
- Understand how to expose service information with service metadata
- Understand how to leverage service discovery and implement it using Consul
- Learn about service publishing and understand the supporting features of Azure API Management
- Learn about the Ortelius service offering and how...
