What to call an API Gateway combined with a sidecar?

3 points by shrimpi 6y ago ↗ HN

I'm writing an article that discusses the advantages of using the API Gateway pattern combined with a sidecar within the same microservices environment. These two patterns are often thought of as an either/or decision because they overlap. In the article I propose using both in some situations. What is a good descriptive term for such an architecture? One option is to call it "hybrid architecture", but that already describes an on-prem, off-prem (cloud) thing. Another is "integrated architecture", but it's a broader concept in the world of software architecture. I thought of "composite architecture", but this may also be confused with the composite GoF design pattern.

Any architects out there know if this combo, API Gateway + sidecar, has a name?

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verdverm 6y ago ↗

Brendan Burns wrote a paper about container design patterns that might have some ideas for you

shrimpi 6y ago ↗

Found the paper https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/hotcloud16/ho.... Puts forward a very nice overview of distributed container patterns. But maybe in articles that Google Scholar says cite this one, a name has already been found for this specific combo. Thx for the lead.