Microservice Architecture Explained: A Visual Guide to a Typical Setup (How It Works) #systemdesign

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This visual guide demystifies Microservice Architecture by illustrating a typical, modern setup, providing a direct answer to how these distributed systems function effectively. We dive into core components like the API Gateway (e.g., Nginx, Kong) managing external requests, individual specialized microservices communicating via synchronous (REST, gRPC) and asynchronous (Kafka, RabbitMQ) message brokers, and dedicated databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) ensuring data isolation. The video explains the critical role of Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm) for deployment and scaling, Service Discovery (Consul, Eureka) for dynamic routing, and Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd) for advanced traffic management and observability. Learn how these independent services collectively build resilient, scalable, and cloud-native applications, covering essential concepts for software engineers and system architects. #Microservices #Architecture #CloudNative #DistributedSystems #SoftwareArchitecture #DevOps #Kubernetes #APIGateway #ServiceMesh #Kafka #SystemDesign #TechExplained #VisualGuide