Building Resilient Microservices with Docker
Surbhi Kanthed · International Journal of Leading Research Publication. · 2024
Modern software systems demand scalability, flexibility, and resilience. Microservices architectures, enabled by container-based virtualization platforms like Docker, address these requirements by decomposing applications into modular, independently deployable components. This white paper explores how Docker enhances microservices resilience through lightweight, consistent environments and seamless integration with orchestration tools like Kubernetes. It reviews challenges in distributed systems, Docker's role in addressing these, and patterns for fault tolerance, including circuit breakers, health checks, and distributed tracing. By consolidating findings from research and industry practices, the paper proposes a comprehensive framework to design, deploy, and scale resilient microservices architectures. Real-world examples and quantitative metrics demonstrate how Docker-based solutions achieve high availability and minimal downtime in dynamic environments.