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Volume 73 | Issue 6 | Year 2025 | Article Id. IJCTT-V73I6P104 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V73I6P104

Advanced Techniques for Microservices Debugging

Madhuri Kolla, Krishna Vinnakota

Received Revised Accepted Published
25 Apr 2025 29 May 2025 13 Jun 2025 28 Jun 2025

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Madhuri Kolla, Krishna Vinnakota, "Advanced Techniques for Microservices Debugging," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), vol. 73, no. 6, pp. 26-33, 2025. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V73I6P104

Abstract

Microservices architecture is critical in building applications that can grow and be easily maintained. Most industries like e-commerce, finance, telecom, and insurance have chosen microservices architecture due to its scalability and robustness. However, microservice brings significant operational challenges regarding debugging, even if it is scalable. These debugging complexities often worsen as the number of services and their distribution increase. Unlike Monolithic, microservices are minimal and easily deployable individual units as microservices have continuous delivery, faster development cycles, and improved fault isolation. Several companies have used open-source technology, such as Spring Boot. SpringBoot is easy to use and offers several useful features. However, several challenges are associated with debugging microservices if we do not choose the right approaches. This article presents some important debugging techniques that are followed and used by several industries to maintain the stability of microservices.

Keywords

Spring Boot, debugging, distributed systems, observability, logs, tracing, microservices, architecture, scalability, Spring Boot, containerization, service discovery, Resilience, Reliability.

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