Microservices

The Foundation is built on a microservices architecture, with each service providing specific capabilities and features. Below is a complete list of all available microservices.

Service Catalog

Access & Authentication

• Access Service - Permission and authorization management with role-based access control, secure token generation, and API key management
• Auth Service - Multi-tenant authentication and authorization infrastructure with enterprise-grade token management

User & Customer Management

• User Service - Comprehensive user management for B2B, B2C, and B2B2C platforms with profile management and lifecycle tracking
• Customer Service - Multi-tenant organization management with hierarchical client relationships and data isolation
• Registration Service - Complete user and organization onboarding with invitation workflows and multi-tenant provisioning
• Social Service - Professional networking with connections, invitations, and relationship management

Content & Files

• Content Service - Enterprise content management with collaborative workflows, versioning, and publication control
• Files Service - Secure file storage, video processing, and intelligent lifecycle management
• PIM Service - Product Information Management with intelligent product matching and variant management

Communication

• Messaging Service - Real-time conversations with transactional consistency and flexible membership models
• Notifications Service - Multi-channel notification delivery with templating, thresholding, and user preference management
• Community Service - Structured group communication with channels, roles, and messaging
• SSE Service - Real-time server-to-client event streaming with channel-based pub/sub

Commerce & Billing

• Product Service - Complete product catalog, pricing, and subscription billing infrastructure

Data & Integration

• Ingestion Service - Enterprise-grade data pipeline orchestration for high-volume imports
• Integration Service - Secure webhook ingestion, event routing, and business logic orchestration for third-party services
• Sync Service - Reliable data synchronization across database collections at scale
• Reporting Service - Real-time data warehouse synchronization with secure SQL query execution
• Events Service - Secure frontend-to-backend event publishing with permission validation

Platform Operations

• Operations Service - Platform infrastructure management for API warming, request telemetry, and scheduled operations
• Background Job Service - Long-running and parallelizable job execution
• Audit Service - Simple event logging for audit trails
• Dynamic Link Service - URL shortening with intelligent mobile app routing and social media preview optimization

Architecture Principles

All microservices in the Foundation follow these core principles:

• Event-Driven: Services communicate through events and pub/sub patterns
• Multi-Tenant: Built-in support for customer isolation and data segregation
• Scalable: Designed to handle production workloads with automatic scaling
• Secure: Authentication, authorization, and encryption built-in
• Observable: Comprehensive logging, monitoring, and debugging capabilities

Getting Started

Each service documentation page includes:

• What It Does - High-level overview of the service’s purpose
• Key Capabilities - Summary table of main features
• How It Fits Together - Architecture diagram showing service relationships
• Heavy-Lifting Features - Detailed explanations of major capabilities
• Common Use Cases - Real-world scenarios and applications
• What Customers Don’t Have to Build - Value proposition and time savings

Click on any service above to learn more about its capabilities and implementation details.