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Architectural Patterns

You're reading from   Architectural Patterns Uncover essential patterns in the most indispensable realm of enterprise architecture

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787287495
Length 468 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (4):
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Pethuru Raj Chelliah Pethuru Raj Chelliah
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Pethuru Raj Chelliah
Harihara Subramanian J Harihara Subramanian J
Author Profile Icon Harihara Subramanian J
Harihara Subramanian J
Pethuru Raj Pethuru Raj
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Pethuru Raj
Anupama Murali Anupama Murali
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Anupama Murali
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Preface 1. Demystifying Software Architecture Patterns FREE CHAPTER 2. Client/Server Multi-Tier Architectural Patterns 3. Object-Oriented Software Engineering Patterns 4. Enterprise Integration Patterns 5. Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Principles and Patterns 6. Enterprise Architecture Platforms and Tools 7. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) 8. Event-Driven Architectural Patterns 9. Microservices Architecture Patterns 10. Patterns for Containerized and Reliable Applications 11. Software-Defined Clouds - the Architecture and Design Patterns 12. Big Data Architecture and Design Patterns

Health check API pattern

The health check has been an important part of the IT industry. All kinds of software and hardware systems are being regularly checked for their health. It is the same with microservices. Services are running, but sometimes, they are unable to handle service requests due to various reasons. In these circumstances, the service monitoring system has to generate an alert and send it to the operational team to act upon in real time. The load balancer also understands any failed service instances and accordingly routes requests to the live services in order to guarantee business continuity. The service registry also has to take note of the failing instances so that any client service is given the access details of functioning services. The solution mechanism is to have a health check API endpoint for each of the services to perform various health check-ups...

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