Implementing an Authentication microservice
In microservices development, it’s a common practice to develop a separate microservice for authentication and authorization (often referred to as an Auth service). Here’s why it’s valuable:
- Centralized security management: Having a dedicated Auth service allows us to manage authentication and authorization logic in one place. This simplifies updates and security audits and ensures consistent rules across all microservices.
- Scalability: The Auth service can be scaled independently based on its load, separate from other microservices with different resource requirements.
- Reusability: The Auth service can be reused by all your other microservices, reducing code duplication and promoting consistency.
- Improved maintainability: Isolating authentication logic makes it easier to maintain and update the security aspects of your system.
- Separation of concerns: Decoupling authentication and authorization...
