It is always better not to reinvent the wheel. Therefore, we will explore some tools that are already available, and which can provide the platform, framework, and features that we need to make microservice development and deployment easier.
Throughout this book, we have used Spring Cloud extensively, due to the same reason: it provides all of the tools and platforms required to make microservice development very easy. Spring Cloud uses Netflix Open Source Software (OSS). Let's explore Netflix OSS—a complete package.
I have also added a brief overview about how each tool will help you build a good microservice architecture.