Building Microservices using ASP.Net Core

Microservice architecture with Ocelot API Gateway in ASP.Net Core

Topics Covered

• Microservices Architecture Overview
• Monolith vs Microservices
• Configure Microservices with Ocelot API Gateway
• Run and test individual microservice with swagger.

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Code-Sample

Real-world Enhancements

• Add Polly for retry, circuit breaker.
• Use Swagger with API Gateway using tools like SwaggerForOcelot.
• Integrate logging/tracing (e.g., Serilog + OpenTelemetry).
• Add Docker/Kubernetes deployment.

Project Structure

Example structure:

/ApiGateway → Ocelot API Gateway

/CustomerService → Microservice 1

/ProductService → Microservice 2

Each service runs independently, communicates via REST (or gRPC/event-based in advanced cases).