Sidecar

A deployment pattern where a secondary container runs alongside a primary application to handle supporting features like logging or networking.

An intermediary service that receives requests, forwards them to appropriate target systems, and returns the response.

A software component or pattern that enables incompatible systems, interfaces, or protocols to work together by translating requests, responses, or data formats.

A software component that encapsulates an interface or service to provide a simplified or unified API access layer.

A dedicated infrastructure layer that manages service-to-service communication, security, and traffic routing across distributed applications.

A service that acts as a single entry point for APIs, routing requests while handling authentication, rate limiting, monitoring, and other cross-cutting concerns.