What Is Service Discovery?

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Service Discovery Write Workflow

The service provider shares its IP address and port number for registration with the service registry. A periodic heartbeat signal is utilized to indicate the current status of a service instance. Typically, well-behaving service instances will voluntarily deregister upon shutdown. However, if a service abruptly shuts down and no heartbeat signal is detected for an extended duration, the system will automatically classify the instance as inactive.

Service Discovery Read Workflow

By employing the publish-subscribe pattern, reliable service discovery can be implemented. In this approach, service consumers are advised to subscribe to the desired service providers listed in the service registry. As any modifications occur in the service providers, the service registry proactively notifies the subscribed service consumers of these changes.

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