Enabling local development of microservices for hosting in remote orchestration engines

1. A method for enabling local development of a microservice for hosting in a remote orchestration environment, comprising:

registering, using an orchestration engine executing on a remote computing device comprising a processor device, a gateway service within the orchestration engine to have a same type as a microservice under development within a local development environment executing on a local computing device, wherein registering the gateway service to have the same type as the microservice under development comprises registering the gateway service as supporting a same application programming interface (API) contract as the microservice under development;

establishing a bidirectional connection between the gateway service and the local development environment;

receiving, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, inbound network traffic directed to the microservice under development, the inbound network traffic comprising inbound network traffic originating from a microservice of one or more microservices hosted by the orchestration engine;

redirecting, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, the inbound network traffic to the microservice under development;

receiving, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, outbound network traffic originating from the microservice under development and directed to the microservice of the one or more microservices; and

redirecting the outbound network traffic originating from the microservice under development to the microservice of the one or more microservices.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein establishing the bidirectional connection between the gateway service and the local development environment comprises establishing a bidirectional connection between the gateway service and a gateway client executing on the local computing device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the gateway client comprises a virtual private network (VPN) client.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gateway service comprises a virtual private network (VPN) server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gateway service is integrated into the orchestration engine.

6. A computing device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor device coupled to the memory to:

register, using an orchestration engine executing on the processor device, a gateway service within the orchestration engine to have a same type as a microservice under development within a local development environment executing on a local computing device, wherein to register the gateway service to have the same type as the microservice under development is to register the gateway service as supporting a same application programming interface (API) contract as the microservice under development;

establish a bidirectional connection between the gateway service and the local development environment;

receive, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, inbound network traffic directed to the microservice under development, the inbound network traffic comprising inbound network traffic originating from a microservice of one or more microservices hosted by the orchestration engine;

redirect, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, the inbound network traffic to the microservice under development;

receive, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, outbound network traffic originating from the microservice under development and directed to the microservice of the one or more microservices; and

redirect the outbound network traffic originating from the microservice under development to the microservice of the one or more microservices.

7. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the processor device is further to establish a connection between the gateway service and the local development environment by establishing a connection between the gateway service and a gateway client executing on the local computing device.

8. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the gateway client comprises a virtual private network (VPN) client.

9. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the gateway service comprises a virtual private network (VPN) server.

10. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the gateway service is integrated into the orchestration engine.

11. A computer program product for enabling local development of a microservice for hosting in a remote orchestration environment, the computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and including instructions to cause a processor device to:

register, using an orchestration engine executing on the processor device, a gateway service within the orchestration engine to have a same type as a microservice under development within a local development environment executing on a local computing device, wherein to register the gateway service to have the same type as the microservice under development is to register the gateway service as supporting a same application programming interface (API) contract as the microservice under development;

establish a bidirectional connection between the gateway service and the local development environment;

receive, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, inbound network traffic directed to the microservice under development, the inbound network traffic comprising inbound network traffic originating from a microservice of one or more microservices hosted by the orchestration engine;

redirect, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, the inbound network traffic to the microservice under development;

receive, by the gateway service within the orchestration engine, outbound network traffic originating from the microservice under development and directed to the microservice of the one or more microservices; and

redirect the outbound network traffic originating from the microservice under development to the microservice of the one or more microservices.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , including instructions to cause the processor device further to establish a connection between the gateway service and the local development environment by establishing a connection between the gateway service and a gateway client executing on the local computing device.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the gateway client comprises a virtual private network (VPN) client.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the gateway service comprises a virtual private network (VPN) server.