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Kubernetes native service discovery
Kubernetes itself is capable of (server side) service discovery (see: kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#discovering-services). Using native kubernetes service discovery ensures compatibility with additional tooling, such as Istio (istio.io), a service mesh that is capable of load balancing, circuit breaker, failover, and much more.
The caller service then need only refer to names resolvable in a particular Kubernetes cluster. A simple implementation might use a spring RestTemplate
that refers to a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), such as {service-name}.{namespace}.svc.{cluster}.local:{service-port}
.
Additionally, you can use Hystrix for:
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Circuit breaker implementation on the caller side, by annotating the spring boot application class with
@EnableCircuitBreaker
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Fallback functionality, by annotating the respective method with
@HystrixCommand(fallbackMethod=