Abstract

This article presents the architecture, design and validation of a microservice orchestration approach, that improves the flexibility of heterogeneous microservice-based platforms. Improving user experience and interaction, for time-critical applications are aspects that were primary objectives for the design of the architecture. Each microservice can provide its own embedded user interface component, also decentralizing it and, in consequence, improving the loosely coupled approach to the architecture. Obtained results are promising, with high throughput and low response times. Also, a key finding was the introduction of benchmarking as a new step in the development lifecycle of performance-critical software components, with an example of how it can be applied within an Agile methodology. Further research is proposed to improve the results and raise the final technology readiness level of the system. Obtained results already make the approach a candidate and viable alternative to classical service composers.