Strangler Fig

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Incrementally migrate a monolith to microservices. Named after the strangler fig tree that grows around and eventually replaces its host. Route traffic to new services as they’re built, gradually replacing monolith functionality until the original system can be decommissioned.

Key Properties

• Incremental Migration
• Routing Layer
• Parallel Running

Related

• Microservices (target architecture)
• Anti-Corruption Layer (boundary translation)

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