Microservices architecture

Using the 12-Factor Approach for Microservices

The key benefits are: 1) isolation of responsibility – simpler to build and maintain microservice code; 2) fault isolation – any microservice can crash and restart without causing a service outage; and, 3) fine grain scaling – each service can scale independently and rapidly.3 Eki 2017

Microservices – also known as the microservice architecture – is an architectural style that structures an application as a collection of services that are . Highly maintainable and testable . Loosely coupled . Independently deployable . Organized around business capabilities .

Each component service in a microservices architecture can be developed, deployed, operated, and scaled without affecting the functioning of other services . Services do not need to share any of their code or implementation with other services.