Authors:
Claus Pahl
1
and
Pooyan Jamshidi
2
Affiliations:
1
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
;
2
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Keyword(s):
Mircoservices, Container, Cloud, Systematic Literature Review, Systematic Mapping Study.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cloud Application Architectures
;
Cloud Computing
;
Cloud Computing Architecture
;
Fundamentals
;
Platforms and Applications
Abstract:
Microservices have recently emerged as an architectural style, addressing how to build, manage, and evolve
architectures out of small, self-contained units. Particularly in the cloud, the microservices architecture approach
seems to be an ideal complementation of container technology at the PaaS level However, there is
currently no secondary study to consolidate this research. We aim here to identify, taxonomically classify and
systematically compare the existing research body on microservices and their application in the cloud. We
have conducted a systematic mapping study of 21 selected studies, published over the last two years until end
of 2015 since the emergence of the microservices pattern. We classified and compared the selected studies
based on a characterization framework. This results in a discussion of the agreed and emerging concerns
within the microservices architectural style, positioning it within a continuous development context, but also
moving it closer to cloud and
container technology.
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