Microservices Architecture

Microservices Architecture

• start the course
• define a service and its purpose in a service oriented architecture (SOA)
• identify microservices and its advantages
• distinguish the architecture behind microservices
• recognize various microservice processes
• demonstrate microservices from use cases
• identify various early versions of microservices
• define the monolithic approach and the differences of using monolithic over SOA
• recognize the benefits and costs of SOA
• distinguish concepts in implementations of SOA
• recognize early approaches including EAI and CORBA and SOAP
• describe the process of event-driven architecture with event sourcing
• describe the Command Query Responsibility Segregation and how to implement queries in a microservice architecture
• describe various design patterns for microservice-based architectures
• recognize SOA concepts with Dev Ops and continuous deployment and delivery
• define dependencies in microservices
• compare the differences between using modules and services
• compare the importance of cohesion and coupling microservices
• define the various communication processes including Direct Client-to-Microservices communication and API Gateway
• recognize concepts in building IPC
• recognize the various approaches to microservice architecture from past to present

Microservices Containers

Microservices Containers

• start the course
• define Docker and describe its components and relation to the microservice architecture
• describe the benefits of using Docker with microservices
• install and configure Docker
• use the Docker GUI and toolbox
• define containers in microservices
• recognize how to use containers with microservices
• define Dockerfile and how the tool is used to build and automate actions
• use Docker to create a test database server
• create a process using Docker to automate several processes
• identify Kubernetes services
• describe processes in connecting applications with services
• configure a Kubernetes cluster
• recognize how to use Docker with microservices

Microservices Deployment and Continuous Integration

Microservices Deployment and Continuous Integration

• start the course
• identify best practices in microservice deployment
• describe various deployment implementations
• recognize the use of service discovery and its benefits
• describe various service discovery patterns
• define Springboot and its use with microservices
• describe how to install Springboot
• define spring building with Maven and Gradle
• define various springboot auto configurations
• recognize concepts in REST and HTTP architecture
• define various common REST constraints
• define continuous integration and how its mapped to microservices
• describe the Jenkins interface using the Maven plugin
• describe the process of building and composing containers for the Jenkins UI
• recognize the process of testing continuous integration
• list benefits of continues and performance testing
• describe various best practices for designing continuous delivery pipelines
• recognize the differences between continuous integration and continuous delivery
• recognize deployment architecture and RESTful services

Microservices Testing Strategies, Scaling, Monitoring, and Security

Microservices Testing Strategies, Scaling, Monitoring, and Security

• start the course
• define the various microservices tests including unit and service testing
• define the scope of testing end to end
• recognize the use of performance and cross-functional testing
• describe the process in implementing service tests
• define microservices scaling and the various methods
• describe the process of scaling microservices databases
• recognize the process of caching microservices
• define autoscaling and how it's used
• define various microservices monitoring tools
• describe the process of monitoring a single server
• describe the process of monitoring several servers
• recognize various microservices logging tools
• define log management and concepts applied to microservices
• recognize the process of metric tracking across a span of servers
• recognize general security practices with microservices
• describe the processes of authentication and authorization
• describe the process of fine grain authorization
• describe service to service authentication and authorization
• recognize the process of testing and scaling microservices end to end