MicroKarta: Visualising microservice architectures

Conceptualising and debugging a microservice architecture can be a challenge for developers due to the complex topology of inter-service communication, which may only apparent when viewing the architecture as a whole. In this paper, we present MicroKarta, a dashboard containing three types of networ...

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Main Authors: Manglaras, Oscar, Farkas, Alex, Fule, Peter, TREUDE, Christoph, Wagner, Markus
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9157
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10160/viewcontent/3663529.3663808_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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Summary:Conceptualising and debugging a microservice architecture can be a challenge for developers due to the complex topology of inter-service communication, which may only apparent when viewing the architecture as a whole. In this paper, we present MicroKarta, a dashboard containing three types of network diagram that visualise complex microservice architectures, and that are designed to address problems faced by developers of these architectures. Initial feedback from industry developers has been positive. This dashboard can be used by developers to explore and debug microservice architectures, and can be used to compare the effectiveness of different types of network visualisation for assisting with various development tasks.