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domain-cloud-native

Use when building cloud-native apps.

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Cloud-Native Domain

Layer 3: Domain Constraints

Domain Constraints → Design Implications

Domain RuleDesign ConstraintRust Implication
12-FactorConfig from envEnvironment-based config
ObservabilityMetrics + tracestracing + opentelemetry
Health checksLiveness/readinessDedicated endpoints
Graceful shutdownClean terminationSignal handling
Horizontal scaleStateless designNo local state
Container-friendlySmall binariesRelease optimization

Critical Constraints

Stateless Design

RULE: No local persistent state
WHY: Pods can be killed/rescheduled anytime
RUST: External state (Redis, DB), no static mut

Graceful Shutdown

RULE: Handle SIGTERM, drain connections
WHY: Zero-downtime deployments
RUST: tokio::signal + graceful shutdown

Observability

RULE: Every request must be traceable
WHY: Debugging distributed systems
RUST: tracing spans, opentelemetry export

Trace Down ↓

From constraints to design (Layer 2):

"Need distributed tracing"
    ↓ m12-lifecycle: Span lifecycle
    ↓ tracing + opentelemetry

"Need graceful shutdown"
    ↓ m07-concurrency: Signal handling
    ↓ m12-lifecycle: Connection draining

"Need health checks"
    ↓ domain-web: HTTP endpoints
    ↓ m06-error-handling: Health status

Key Crates

PurposeCrate
gRPCtonic
Kuberneteskube, kube-runtime
Dockerbollard
Tracingtracing, opentelemetry
Metricsprometheus, metrics
Configconfig, figment
HealthHTTP endpoints

Design Patterns

PatternPurposeImplementation
gRPC servicesService meshtonic + tower
K8s operatorsCustom resourceskube-runtime Controller
ObservabilityDebuggingtracing + OTEL
Health checksOrchestration/health, /ready
Config12-factorEnv vars + secrets

Code Pattern: Graceful Shutdown

rust
use tokio::signal;

async fn run_server() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    let app = Router::new()
        .route("/health", get(health))
        .route("/ready", get(ready));

    let addr = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], 8080));

    axum::Server::bind(&addr)
        .serve(app.into_make_service())
        .with_graceful_shutdown(shutdown_signal())
        .await?;

    Ok(())
}

async fn shutdown_signal() {
    signal::ctrl_c().await.expect("failed to listen for ctrl+c");
    tracing::info!("shutdown signal received");
}

Health Check Pattern

rust
async fn health() -> StatusCode {
    StatusCode::OK
}

async fn ready(State(db): State<Arc<DbPool>>) -> StatusCode {
    match db.ping().await {
        Ok(_) => StatusCode::OK,
        Err(_) => StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
    }
}

Common Mistakes

MistakeDomain ViolationFix
Local file stateNot statelessExternal storage
No SIGTERM handlingHard killsGraceful shutdown
No tracingCan't debugtracing spans
Static configNot 12-factorEnv vars

Trace to Layer 1

ConstraintLayer 2 PatternLayer 1 Implementation
StatelessExternal stateArc<Client> for external
Graceful shutdownSignal handlingtokio::signal
TracingSpan lifecycletracing + OTEL
Health checksHTTP endpointsDedicated routes

Related Skills

WhenSee
Async patternsm07-concurrency
HTTP endpointsdomain-web
Error handlingm13-domain-error
Resource lifecyclem12-lifecycle

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