Systems, methods, and media for operating a microservices architecture with a shared distributed cache

A system for operating a microservices architecture that includes a distributed cache, the system comprising:

• a data consumer microservice configured to issue a request for a particular data object of a plurality of data objects;
• the distributed cache configured to determine whether the particular data object is stored at the distributed cache;
• the distributed cache further configured to provide the particular data object from the distributed cache to the data consumer microservice in response to determining that the particular data object is stored at the distributed cache;
• and
• in response to determining that the particular data object is not stored at the distributed cache,
• the data consumer microservice further configured to issue a command to a particular data provider microservice, of a plurality of different data provider microservices, for the particular data object,
• wherein each of the plurality of different data provider microservices manages a database that maintains a persistent state of provider microservice data, and wherein a managed database is only accessible by a corresponding data provider micro service that manages the managed database,
• the particular data provider microservice configured to provide the particular data object to the distributed cache,
• the distributed cache further configured to store the particular data object, and
• the particular data provider microservice further configured to provide the particular data object to the data consumer microservice.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having software encoded thereon, the software when executed by one or more computing devices operable to:

• receive a request from a data consumer microservice for a particular data object of a plurality of different data objects;
• determine whether the particular data object is stored at a distributed cache of a microservices architecture;
• provide the particular data object from the distributed cache to the data consumer microservice in response to determining that the particular data object is stored at the distributed cache;
• and
• in response to determining that the particular data object is not stored in the distributed cache,
• issue, from the data consumer microservice, a command for the particular data object to a particular data provider microservice of a plurality of different data provider microservices,
• is wherein each of the plurality of different data provider microservices manages a database that maintains a persistent state of provider microservice data, and wherein a managed database is only accessible by a corresponding data provider microservice that manages the managed database,
• provide the particular data object from the particular data provider microservice to the distributed cache,
• store the particular data object at the distributed cache, and provide the particular data object from the particular data provider microservice to the data consumer microservice.