Microservice Series - From Zero to Hero

I am working as a consultant and software engineer on different projects which focus on microservice, DevOps, and process automation. Many of my consulting jobs are about explaining microservice, why they are great, and how to use them efficiently. Microservices is a buzzword that’s around for a couple of years and almost every developer knows it but not that many know how to implement them.

Therefore, I decided to create this service where I start with the theory of microservices and in the end, you will know how to run your microservices in Kubernetes with automatic deployments, tests, and database changes. The following posts contain my experiences and my recommendation for best practices to create the best applications possible.

• Microservices - Getting Started

• Programming a Microservice with .NET Core 3.1

• Document your Microservice with Swagger

• CQRS in ASP .NET Core 3.1

• Mediator Pattern in ASP .NET Core 3.1

• RabbitMQ in an ASP .NET Core 3.1 Microservice

• Dockerize an ASP .NET Core Microservice and RabbitMQ

• ASP .NET Core with HTTPS in Docker

• Set up Docker-Compose for ASP .NET Core 3.1 Microservices

• Build .NET Core in a CI Pipeline in Azure DevOps

• Run the CI Pipeline during a Pull Request

• Build Docker in an Azure DevOps CI Pipeline

• Run xUnit Tests inside Docker during an Azure DevOps CI Build

• Upgrade a Microservice from .NET Core 3.1 to .NET 5.0

• Get xUnit Code Coverage from Docker

• Azure Kubernetes Service - Getting Started

• Helm - Getting Started

• Deploy to Kubernetes using Helm Charts

• Override Appsettings in Kubernetes

• Run a Kubernetes Cluster locally

• Automatically Version Docker Containers in Azure DevOps CI

• Create Nuget Packages in Azure DevOps Pipelines

• Publish to an Internal NuGet Feed in Azure DevOps

• Restore NuGet Packages from a Private Feed when building Docker Containers

• Publish NuGet Packages to Nuget.org using Azure DevOps Pipelines

• Approvals for YAML Pipelines in Azure DevOps

• Deploy to Azure Kubernetes Service using Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines

• Improve Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines with Templates

• Manage Resources in Kubernetes

• Auto-scale in Kubernetes using the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler

• Replace Helm Chart Variables in your CI/CD Pipeline with Tokenizer

• Automate Database Deployments

• Automatically deploy Database Changes with SSDT

• Automatically Deploy your Database with Dacpac Packages using Linux and Azure DevOps

• Use a Database with a Microservice running in Kubernetes

• Readiness and Liveness Probes in Kubernetes

• Use Azure Container Registry in Kubernetes

• Replace RabbitMQ with Azure Service Bus Queues

• Use Azure Functions to Process Queue Messages

• Deploy Azure Functions with Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines

• Deploy a Docker Container to Azure Functions using an Azure DevOps YAML Pipeline

• Set up Nginx as Ingress Controller in Kubernetes

• Configure custom URLs to access Microservices running in Kubernetes

• Automatically issue SSL Certificates and use SSL Termination in Kubernetes

• Split up the CI/CD Pipeline into two Pipelines

• Deploy Microservices to multiple Environments using Azure DevOps

• Deploy every Pull Request into a dedicated Namespace in Kubernetes

• Use Infrastructure as Code to deploy your Infrastructure with Azure DevOps

• Debug Microservices running inside a Kubernetes Cluster with Bridge to Kubernetes

• Collect and Query your Kubernetes Cluster Logs with Grafana Loki

• Monitor .NET Microservices in Kubernetes with Prometheus

• Create Grafana Dashboards with Prometheus Metrics

Coming soon (in no specific order):

• Service Mesh - Getting Started
• Using Istio to manage your Kubernetes Cluster