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Microservices Communication Patterns

Patterns for service-to-service communication including sync, async, and service mesh approaches.

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advanced
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1 min read
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v1.0.0
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Microservices Communication: Prefer async (events/queues) over sync (HTTP/gRPC) for resilience. Use API Gateway for external traffic. Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd) for internal traffic management. Implement circuit breakers. Use correlation IDs. Design for eventual consistency.

Use When

  • Distributed systems
  • Microservices architecture
  • Service-to-service calls
  • Cross-team ownership

Skip When

  • Monolithic applications
  • Single-team projects
  • Simple request/response

Microservices Communication Patterns

Patterns for service-to-service communication including sync, async, and service mesh approaches.

Tags

microservices api-gateway service-mesh async-communication distributed-systems

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