Migrating monoliths to microservices integrating robotic process automation into the migration approach

• Autorzy: Bamberger Burkhard , Körber Bastian

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14313/JAMRIS/1-2022/8

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This research should help scholars and practitioners to manage the transition of monolithic legacy application systems to microservices and to better understand the migration process, its steps, and its characteristics. It should also provide guidance on how best to approach the migration process. We performed a systematic literature review and analyzed migration approaches presented by other research. We propose leveraging Robotic Process Automation technology to extract business logic and create and deploy bots, which are then used to mimic microservices. In essence, this represents a novel use case of integrating RPA technology into the migration approach in order to reduce uncertainty and risk of failure.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

microservice; RPA; monolithic architecture; ereverse code engineering; migration

• Wydawca: Łukasiewicz Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP
• Czasopismo: Journal of Automation Mobile Robotics and Intelligent Systems
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 16, No. 1
• Strony: 72--82
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 41 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Bamberger Burkhard

• ISM International School of Management GmbH, 44227 Dortmund, Germany

autor

Körber Bastian

• ISM International School of Management GmbH, 44227 Dortmund, Germany

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).