Erlang gen_microservice

This library solves the problem of implementing microservices with Erlang.

Your code just needs to add the behaviour gen_microservice to your module, implement a couple of callbacks, and you will have a microservice ready to use in your stealth startup.

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Features

• Full Hot Code Reload: the library implements some magic to let your app be upgraded without downtime behind the scenes.
• Asynchronous and Synchronous Callbacks: with this library you can have fully asynchronous code like modern io.js apps, or use sync callbacks like old monolithic apps, your choice, we don't limit you.
• Fault Tolerance: I know most senior developers don't write bugs, but for that particular case where the junior dev is allowed to push code to production, we need to be covered. This library integrates seamlessly with Erlang's nine nines runtime, so we got you covered there as well.

Distributed Systmemes

Distributed Systems are the talk of the day. The more users your TODO app has, the more scalability and distributed consensus you will need. This library anticipates this problem by being written in Erlang, the only language where distributed systems problems have been really solved.

Usage

Your module needs to implement several callbacks:

• init/1: this function will be called by your microservices orchestrator system to launch your gen_microservice.
• monolithic_call/3: if your code still uses synchronous calls, then those functionalities should be implemented using this callback.
• modern_async/2: if you have a modernized app, your app logic will mostly reside inside these callbacks.
• handle_info/2: your microservice will receive external messages via this callback.
• code_change/2: the magic for reloading and upgrading your microservice live in production happens here.
• terminate/2: called when it's time to scale down and decommission your microservice instance.

Check the example on doc/kitty_gen_microservice.erl.

License

See LICENSE.md