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> ### Important Note on API Gateways and published APIs
> Since April 2018, we have introduced the implementation of the [API Gateway and BFF (Backend-For-Front) patterns](http://microservices.io/patterns/apigateway.html) in eShopOnContainers architecture, so you can filter and publish simplified APIs and URIs and apply additional security in that tier while hiding/securing the internal microservices to the client apps or outside consumers. These sample API Gateways in eShopOnContainers are based on [Ocelot](https://github.com/ThreeMammals/Ocelot), an OSS lightweight API Gateway solution explained [here](http://threemammals.com/ocelot). The deployed API Gateways are autonomous and can be deployed as your own custom microservices/containers, as it is currently done in eShopOnContainers, so you can test it even in a simple development environment with just Docker engine or deploy it into orchestrators like Kubernetes in AKS or Service Fabric.
For your production-ready architecture you can either keep using [Ocelot](https://github.com/ThreeMammals/Ocelot) which is simple and easy to use and used in production by significant companies or if you need further functionality and a much richer set of features suittable for commercial APIs, you can also substitute those API Gateways and use [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/api-management/) or any other commercial API Gateway, as shown in the following image.
> For your production-ready architecture you can either keep using [Ocelot](https://github.com/ThreeMammals/Ocelot) which is simple and easy to use and used in production by significant companies or if you need further functionality and a much richer set of features suittable for commercial APIs, you can also substitute those API Gateways and use [Azure API Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/api-management/) or any other commercial API Gateway, as shown in the following image.
> The sample code in this repo is NOT making use of Azure API Management in order to be able to provide an "F5 experience" in Visual Studio (or CLI) of the sample with no up-front dependencies in Azure. But you should evaluate API Gateways alternatives when building for production.
> The sample code in this repo is NOT making use of Azure API Management in order to be able to provide an "F5 experience" in Visual Studio (or CLI) of the sample with no up-front dependencies in Azure. But you could evaluate API Gateways alternatives when building for production.
The microservices are different in type, meaning different internal architecture pattern approaches depending on its purpose, as shown in the image below.
> ### Internal architecture and design of the microservices
> The microservices are different in type, meaning different internal architecture pattern approaches depending on its purpose, as shown in the image below.
> ### Important Note on Database Servers/Containers
> In this solution's current configuration for a development environment, the SQL databases are automatically deployed with sample data into a single SQL Server for Linux container (a single shared Docker container for SQL databases) so the whole solution can be up and running without any dependency to any cloud or specific server. Each database could also be deployed as a single Docker container, but then you'd need more than 8GB of RAM assigned to Docker in your development machine in order to be able to run 3 SQL Server Docker containers in your Docker Linux host in "Docker for Windows" or "Docker for Mac" development environments.
> In this solution's current configuration for a development environment, the SQL databases are automatically deployed with sample data into a single SQL Server container (a single shared Docker container for SQL databases) so the whole solution can be up and running without any dependency to any cloud or specific server. Each database could also be deployed as a single Docker container, but then you'd need more than 8GB of RAM assigned to Docker in your development machine in order to be able to run 3 SQL Server Docker containers in your Docker Linux host in "Docker for Windows" or "Docker for Mac" development environments.
> <p> A similar case is defined in regard to Redis cache running as a container for the development environment. Or a No-SQL database (MongoDB) running as a container.
> <p> However, in a real production environment it is recommended to have your databases (SQL Server, Redis, and the NO-SQL database, in this case) in HA (High Available) services like Azure SQL Database, Redis as a service and Azure CosmosDB instead the MongoDB container (as both systems share the same access protocol). If you want to change to a production configuration, you'll just need to change the connection strings once you have set up the servers in a HA cloud or on-premises.