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Microservices Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Microservices Development Cookbook Design and build independently deployable modular services

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788479509
Length 260 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Breaking the Monolith 2. Edge Services FREE CHAPTER 3. Inter-service Communication 4. Client Patterns 5. Reliability Patterns 6. Security 7. Monitoring and Observability 8. Scaling 9. Deploying Microservices 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Fronting your services with a CDN

The Content Delivery Network (CDN) improves performance and availability by delivering content through a globally distributed network of proxy servers. When a user (usually through their mobile device) makes a request to your API through a CDN, they will create a network connection with one of many points of presence (PoPs), based on their geographic location. Instead of having to make roundtrips to the origin data center for every single request, content can be cached at the edge of a CDN, greatly reducing the response time for the user and reducing unnecessary, costly traffic to the origin. 

CDNs are a requirement if you plan to have a global user base. If every request to your application's API has to perform a full roundtrip to a single origin, you'll create a subpar experience for users in parts of the world physically distant...

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