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Introducing the NGINX Microservices Reference Architecture The Microservices Reference Architecture will be made available later this year, and will be discussed in detail at nginx.conf 2016 in Austin, TX, from September 15-17. Early bird discounts are available now. Author’s note – This blog post is the first in a series; we will extend this list as new posts appear: Introducing the NGINX Microservices Reference Architecture (this post) Upcoming posts will cover the use of Mesosphere DCOS services in the Microservices Reference Architecture; each of the three models included in the Microservices Reference Architecture; and the Ingenious photo-sharing sample app. I’ve written a separate article about Web frontends for microservices applications. We also have a very useful and popular series by Chris Richardson about microservices application design, plus many other microservices blog posts and microservices webinars. Introduction NGINX has been involved [ more… ]

Monitoring Microservices in Docker Containers with NGINX Amplify Most microservices deployments use container technologies in one way or another. When deploying NGINX in containers, thousands of users choose Docker for its ease of use and rapidly growing community. The NGINX image is one the most frequently downloaded in the Docker Registry. Recently we announced the beta version of NGINX Amplify, a new monitoring and configuration recommendation service, and we have received a lot of questions regarding the use of NGINX Amplify and Docker in the same deployment. In this post we discuss how these new free technologies can work together to improve the performance and manageability of your microservices deployment. NGINX Amplify Components and Workflow NGINX Amplify consists of multiple components. The ones that are visible to the user are: The NGINX Amplify Agent, which runs on the same system as NGINX The NGINX Amplify cloud [ more… ]