Microservices Architecture

Service-per-container with the plumbing between them.

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@startuml
!define AWSPuml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/awslabs/aws-icons-for-plantuml/main/dist
!include AWSPuml/AWSCommon.puml
!include AWSPuml/Containers/ElasticContainerService.puml
!include AWSPuml/Containers/ElasticContainerRegistry.puml
!include AWSPuml/Containers/ElasticKubernetesService.puml
!include AWSPuml/NetworkingContentDelivery/APIGateway.puml
!include AWSPuml/ApplicationIntegration/SimpleQueueService.puml
!include AWSPuml/Database/RDS.puml
!include AWSPuml/Database/ElastiCache.puml
!include AWSPuml/NetworkingContentDelivery/ElasticLoadBalancing.puml
!include AWSPuml/ManagementGovernance/CloudWatch.puml

title AWS Microservices Architecture

APIGateway(api, "API Gateway", "")
ElasticLoadBalancing(alb, "ALB", "")

ElasticKubernetesService(eks, "EKS Cluster", "") {
  ElasticContainerService(userSvc, "User Service", "")
  ElasticContainerService(orderSvc, "Order Service", "")
  ElasticContainerService(productSvc, "Product Service", "")
  ElasticContainerService(notifySvc, "Notification Service", "")
}

ElasticContainerRegistry(registry, "Container Registry", "")

RDS(userDb, "Users DB", "")
RDS(orderDb, "Orders DB", "")
RDS(productDb, "Products DB", "")

ElastiCache(cache, "Redis Cache", "")
SimpleQueueService(eventQueue, "Event Queue", "")
CloudWatch(monitoring, "CloudWatch", "")

api --> alb
alb --> userSvc
alb --> orderSvc
alb --> productSvc

userSvc --> userDb
orderSvc --> orderDb
productSvc --> productDb

userSvc --> cache
productSvc --> cache

orderSvc --> eventQueue
eventQueue --> notifySvc

eks --> monitoring

@enduml

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