In a microservices architecture, there might be many reasons for a fault. It is important to handle faults or failovers gracefully, as follows:
- When the request takes a long time to complete, have a predetermined timeout instead of waiting for the service to respond.
- When the request fails, identify the server, notify the service registry, and stop connecting to the server. This way, we can prevent other requests from going to that server.
- Shut down the service when it is not responding and start a new service to make sure services are working as expected.
This can be achieved using the following:
- Fault tolerance libraries, which prevent cascading failures by isolating the remote instance and services that ...
