Below is a proposed microservices architecture for a Udemy-like platform. Each service is designed to handle a specific functionality to ensure scalability, maintainability, and modularity.
- Purpose: Manages user registration, authentication, and authorization.
- Features:
- User registration and login (using JWT).
- Role-based authorization (e.g., student, instructor, admin).
- Technologies: .NET Core Identity, Keycloak (optional).
- Tools and Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis (for caching).
- Purpose: Handles creation, updating, and listing of courses.
- Features:
- Instructors can add and manage courses.
- Courses can be categorized.
- Search and filter functionality.
- Tools and Databases: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch (for search).
- Purpose: Manages course video uploads, storage, and playback.
- Features:
- Upload videos (integrate with S3 or Azure Blob Storage).
- Generate playback URLs for video streaming.
- Tools and Databases: FFmpeg (for video transcoding), MongoDB (for metadata).
- Purpose: Handles course purchases and payment processing.
- Features:
- Integration with payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, PayPal, or Iyzico).
- Track user purchase history.
- Additional: Purchased courses are added to the user’s account.
- Tools and Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis (for caching).
- Purpose: Sends email or real-time notifications to users.
- Features:
- Email notification after course purchase.
- Real-time notifications for new courses.
- Technologies: RabbitMQ or Azure Service Bus for messaging.
- Tools and Databases: SendGrid (for email), SignalR (for real-time).
- Purpose: Provides analytics and insights for users and courses.
- Features:
- Track top-selling courses.
- Measure time spent by users on courses.
- Technologies: Redis (for caching), Elasticsearch (for log analysis).
- Tools and Databases: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Grafana (for visualization), Prometheus (for monitoring).
- Purpose: Provides a single entry point to all microservices.
- Features:
- Route API requests to appropriate services.
- Load balancing for services.
- Authentication and authorization.
- Technologies: Ocelot, YARP, or Azure API Gateway.
- Tools and Databases: Redis (for caching).
- Purpose: Streams course videos with low latency.
- Features:
- Video transcoding (using FFmpeg).
- Integration with CDN for optimized delivery.
- Technologies: FFmpeg, Amazon CloudFront, Azure CDN.
- Tools and Databases: MongoDB (for metadata).