An Example Microservice Back End for Kubernetes, Bazel, Go, Java, GRPC
Colossus — An example microservice architecture for Kubernetes using Bazel, Go, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Minikube, Gazelle, gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, and more - lucperkins/colossus
An Example Microservice Back End for Kubernetes, Bazel, Go, Java, GRPC launched on May 29, 2018 with 119 votes, #309 of 2,986 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.
In plain words
This is an example microservice backend demonstrating architecture patterns for Kubernetes deployments. Built with Bazel, Go, and Java, it uses gRPC for inter-service communication. The project serves as a reference implementation for developers building containerized microservices, showing how to structure services that run on Kubernetes clusters. It provides practical examples of service design, build configuration, and communication protocols for modern distributed systems.
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