Microservice integration fabrics network intrusion detection and prevention service capabilities

A computer system for providing network intrusion detection and prevention service (NIDPS) capabilities to a microservice in a networked computing environment, the computer system comprising:

• a memory medium comprising instructions;
• a bus coupled to the memory medium;
• and a processor coupled to the bus, execution of the instructions cause the system to:
• retrieve a set of rules that are specific to the microservice for accessing the microservice the microservice being a single function service that contains programmatic and data elements essential for performing a single function, while non-essential elements are not present in the microservice;
• create a NIDPS as a microservice within an environment of a microservice fabric that supports the microservice using the set of rules;
• establish the NIDPS microservice as a proxy communications destination for communications to the microservice such that the communications that are intended for the microservice are rerouted to the NIDPS microservice, the instructions that cause the system to establish further causing the system to:
• locating an entry point for the microservice stored in the microservice fabric;
• replacing the entry point in the microservice fabric with a proxy location of the NIDPS microservice;
• and
• setting a forwarding location of the NIDPS microservice to the entry point for the microservice;
• and
• filter the communications intended for the microservice by the NIDPS microservice according to the set of rules.

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage device that, when executed by a computer device, performs a method for providing network intrusion detection and prevention service (NIDPS) capabilities to a microservice in a networked computing environment comprising:

• retrieving a set of rules that are specific to the microservice for accessing the microservice, the microservice being a single function service that contains programmatic and data elements essential for performing a single function, while non-essential elements are not present in the microservice;
• creating a NIDPS as a microservice within a microservice fabric of the microservice using the set of rules;
• establishing the NIDPS microservice as a proxy communications destination for communications to the microservice such that the communications that are intended for the microservice are rerouted to the NIDPS microservice, the establishing further including:
• locating an entry point for the microservice stored in the microservice fabric;
• replacing the entry point in the microservice fabric with a proxy location of the NIDPS microservice;
• and setting a forwarding location of the NIDPS microservice to the entry point for the microservice;
• and
• filtering the communications intended for the microservice by the NIDPS microservice according to the set of rules.