The microservice architecture has the database per service pattern, which means it has an independent database for every dependent or independent service:
- Dependent service: Our application would require a few external services (third- party services or components, and so on) and/or internal services (these are our own services) to work or function as expected. For instance, CHECKOUT-SERVICE requires CUSTOMER-SERVICE; also, CHECKOUT-SERVICE requires an external (third-party) service to verify a customer's identity (such as Aadhaar card ID in the case of Indian customers). Here, our CHECKOUT-SERVICE is a dependent service, as it requires two services (an internal service and external service) to function as expected. ...
