Systems and methods for networked microservices flow control
Described are platforms, systems, media, and methods for performing flow control as a service in a networked microservice-based application comprising an aperture controller comprising a circuit architecture configuration user interface and a policy control loop and a plurality of aperture agents, each aperture agent comprising a metrics service, a flow classification service, and a flow control service.
1 . A computer-implemented system for performing flow control as a service in a networked microservice-based application, the system comprising:
a) an aperture controller comprising a circuit architecture configuration user interface and a policy control loop; and
b) a plurality of aperture agents, each aperture agent comprising a metrics service, a flow classification service, and a flow control service;
the circuit architecture configuration user interface configured to perform operations comprising providing a user interface allowing a user to configure one or more circuits comprising a flow control policy comprising one or more of fluxmeters, controllers, and actuators, connected via labeled signals;
the policy control loop configured to run continuously and perform operations comprising:
i) receiving metrics data and telemetry data for network traffic and infrastructure from the plurality of aperture agents;
ii) analyzing the metrics data and telemetry data to determine one or more flow control policies to actuate at one or more specific nodes;
iii) exporting the determination to the plurality of aperture agents; and
iv) policing violations of actuated flow control policies;
the metrics service configured to perform operations comprising collecting metrics data and telemetry data for network traffic and infrastructure;
the flow classification service configured to perform operations comprising:
i) classifying the network traffic based on the metrics data, the telemetry data, and maintained network traffic classification rules; and
ii) tagging the network traffic based on the classification; and
the flow control service configured to perform operations comprising:
i) maintaining the network traffic classification rules;
ii) enforcing the one or more flow control policy determinations exported from the aperture controller; and
iii) injecting further information into network traffic.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the flow control policies comprise one or more of: rate limiting, load shedding, auto scaling, and traffic label quotas.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the metrics data and telemetry data for network traffic and infrastructure comprises traffic concurrency.
4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the flow control policies comprise concurrency limitation.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the flow control policies comprise a quota for bot traffic.
6 . A computer-implemented method of performing flow control as a service in a networked microservice-based application, the method comprising:
a) providing an aperture controller comprising:
i) a circuit architecture configuration user interface configured to perform operations comprising providing a user interface allowing a user to configure one or more circuits comprising a flow control policy comprising one or more of fluxmeters, controllers, and actuators, connected via labeled signals; and
ii) a policy control loop configured to run continuously and perform operations comprising:
1) receiving metrics data and telemetry data for network traffic and infrastructure from a plurality of aperture agents;
2) analyzing the metrics data and telemetry data to determine one or more flow control policies to actuate at one or more specific nodes;
3) exporting the determination to the plurality of aperture agents; and
4) policing violations of actuated flow control policies; and
b) deploying a plurality of aperture agents, each aperture agent comprising:
i) a metrics service configured to perform operations comprising collecting metrics data and telemetry data for network traffic and infrastructure;
ii) a flow classification service configured to perform operations comprising:
1) classifying the network traffic based on the metrics data, the telemetry data, and maintained network traffic classification rules; and
2) tagging the network traffic based on the classification; and
iii) a flow control service configured to perform operations comprising:
1) maintaining the network traffic classification rules;
2) enforcing the one or more flow control policy determinations exported from the aperture controller; and
3) injecting further information into network traffic.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the flow control policies comprise one or more of: rate limiting, load shedding, auto scaling, and traffic label quotas.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the flow control policies comprise concurrency limitation.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the flow control policies comprise a quota for bot traffic.
10 . A computer-implemented method of performing flow control as a service in a networked microservice-based application, the method comprising:
a) providing a circuit architecture configuration user interface allowing a user to configure one or more circuits comprising a flow control policy comprising one or more of fluxmeters, controllers, and actuators, connected via labeled signals;
b) continuously running, at a controller, a policy control loop configured to perform operations comprising:
i) receiving metrics data and telemetry data for network traffic and infrastructure from the plurality of aperture agents;
ii) analyzing the metrics data and telemetry data to determine one or more flow control policies to actuate at one or more specific nodes;
iii) exporting the determination to the plurality of aperture agents; and
iv) policing violations of actuated flow control policies; and
c) deploying a plurality of aperture agents, each aperture agent configured to perform operations comprising:
i) collecting metrics data and telemetry data for network traffic and infrastructure;
ii) maintaining network traffic classification rules;
iii) classifying the network traffic based on the metrics data, the telemetry data, and the network traffic classification rules;
iv) tagging the network traffic based on the classification;
v) enforcing the one or more flow control policy determinations exported from the aperture controller; and
vi) injecting further information into network traffic.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the flow control policies comprise one or more of: rate limiting, load shedding, auto scaling, and traffic label quotas.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the metrics data and telemetry data for network traffic and infrastructure comprises traffic concurrency.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the flow control policies comprise concurrency limitation.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the flow control policies comprise a quota for bot traffic.