Microservices: A Systematic Mapping Study

Claus Pahl, Pooyan Jamshidi

2016

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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pahl C. and Jamshidi P. (2016). Microservices: A Systematic Mapping Study . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-182-3, pages 137-146. DOI: 10.5220/0005785501370146

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer16,
author={Claus Pahl and Pooyan Jamshidi},
title={Microservices: A Systematic Mapping Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2016},
pages={137-146},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005785501370146},
isbn={978-989-758-182-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - Microservices: A Systematic Mapping Study
SN - 978-989-758-182-3
AU - Pahl C.
AU - Jamshidi P.
PY - 2016
SP - 137
EP - 146
DO - 10.5220/0005785501370146