Backing services

Treat backing services as attached resources.

  • Backing service is defined as any service the app consumes over the network in normal operation.
    • Datastores (databases, blob storage)
    • Messaging/queueing
    • Mail (SMTP, IMAP)
    • Caching
  • Traditionally managed by the same system administrators who deploy compute.
    • Increasingly provided by third parties.
  • No distinction between local and third-party services.
    • They're both just attached resources, accessed via a URL or some other locator using credentials stored in Configuration.
  • Resources can be attached to and detached from deploys at will.
    • Misbehaving resources can be replaced without changes to code.

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