Automated identification of service boundaries based on system focus optimization using distributed tracing data

A system, comprising:

• a memory for storing operations;
• and
• one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the memory, configured to perform the operations comprising:
• receiving, by a gateway service, a first application request message;
• generating, by the gateway service, a first client request message based on the first application request message, the first client request message having a first header value that identifies the gateway service;
• forwarding, from the gateway service to a first service of a plurality of services, the first client request message;
• in response to forwarding the first client request message, generating, at the first service, a first client response message comprising a first header that includes the first header value updated to include an identification of the first service;
• and
• generating, at the gateway service, a scheme for deploying a subset of services of the plurality of services based on the first header value of the first client response message and an application specific criteria.

A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a gateway service, a first application request message;
• generating, by the gateway service, a first client request message based on the first application request message, the first client request message having a first header value that identifies the gateway service;
• forwarding, from the gateway service to a first service of a plurality of services, the first client request message;
• in response to forwarding the first client request message, generating, at the first service, a first client response message comprising a first header that includes the first header value updated to include an identification of the first service;
• and
• generating, at the gateway service, a scheme for deploying a subset of services of the plurality of services based on the first header value of the first client response message and an application specific criteria.