Extracting Authentication to a Microservice
📰 Dev.to · Stephen McCullough
Learn how to extract authentication to a microservice, covering database migration, testing, and key architectural decisions
Action Steps
- Identify the authentication components to be extracted using a dependency graph
- Design a new microservice architecture for authentication and authorisation
- Migrate the authentication database using a change data capture pattern
- Implement in-memory testing for the authentication microservice
- Configure API gateways to route authentication requests to the new microservice
Who Needs to Know This
Developers and architects on a team can benefit from this lesson to improve their system's scalability and security by separating authentication into a dedicated microservice
Key Insight
💡 Separating authentication into a microservice simplifies security updates and improves system maintainability
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Key Takeaways
Learn how to extract authentication to a microservice, covering database migration, testing, and key architectural decisions
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Lessons from extracting authentication and authorisation into a dedicated microservice, including database migration, in-memory testing, and architectural decisions
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