Create a New Microservice

Follow the golden path to scaffold a production-ready microservice in minutes.

Service Name *

Use kebab-case. Only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.

Service name must be kebab-case (e.g., order-service)

Display Name

Human-readable name. Auto-generated but editable.

Description *

Please provide a description for your service

Owner Team *

Please select an owner team

Business Domain *

Please select a business domain

Service Tier *

Tier-1 Critical

Mission-critical services with 99.99% SLA. Full observability, redundancy, and on-call rotation required.

Tier-2 Standard

Standard production services with 99.9% SLA. Standard monitoring and alerting.

Tier-3 Internal

Internal tools and non-critical services. Best-effort availability with basic monitoring.

Please select a service tier

Choose Application Archetype

Select the archetype that best matches your service's primary function. This determines default layers and patterns.

API / RESTful Service

Long-lived REST API service exposing JSON over HTTPS. The most common archetype for domain services.

REST Endpoint Application Persistent Observability

API / gRPC Service

High-performance gRPC service for inter-service communication with Protobuf schemas.

gRPC Endpoint Application Persistent Observability

Event-Driven / Message Processor

Daemon that consumes messages from Kafka/Pub/Sub/SQS, processes them, and publishes results.

Messaging Application Persistent Observability

Batch / Scheduled Job

Short-lived batch processing job triggered on schedule or by event. Processes bulk data and terminates.

Batch Persistent Storage Observability

Batch / Stream Processor

Continuous stream processing pipeline for real-time data transformation.

Analytics Messaging Persistent Observability

UI / Frontend Application

Web frontend application with Angular or React, backed by BFF (Backend-for-Frontend) pattern.

UI (Angular/React) BFF Observability Security

Please select an application archetype

Technology Stack

Choose the language, framework, and infrastructure components for your service.

Language & Framework

Spring Boot (Java 17+)

Enterprise-grade Java framework. Best for teams with Java expertise. Includes Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Data.

MatureEnterpriseExtensive Libraries

Node.js (Express/NestJS)

Lightweight, async-first JavaScript/TypeScript runtime. Best for I/O-heavy services and rapid prototyping.

Fast StartupTypeScriptEvent Loop

Python (FastAPI)

Modern async Python framework. Best for data-heavy services, ML integration, and rapid development.

AsyncType HintsAuto Docs

Please select a language/framework

Persistence

PostgreSQL (Cloud SQL)

Relational database for structured data, ACID transactions

MongoDB (Firestore)

Document database for flexible schemas

Redis

In-memory cache for high-performance data access

BigQuery

Analytics warehouse for large-scale queries

Cloud Bigtable

Wide-column store for time-series and IoT

None

Stateless service, no persistence needed

Messaging

Kafka

High-throughput event streaming

Pub/Sub

Google Cloud managed messaging

RabbitMQ / MQ

Traditional message queue (P2P)

None

No messaging needed

Infrastructure

Kubernetes (GKE/AKS/EKS)

Container orchestration platform

Cloud Storage

Object storage for files and artifacts

Scheduler

Cloud Scheduler for cron-based triggers

Architecture Patterns

Core patterns are mandatory. Extended patterns are recommended for your archetype. Toggle optional patterns as needed.

Core Patterns

Mandatory

Extended Patterns

Recommended

Optional Patterns

Choose

CI/CD & DevOps Configuration

Configure your source control, deployment pipeline, and quality gates.

Source Control

GitHub

GitLab

Azure DevOps

Bitbucket

CI/CD Pipeline

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Jenkins

Container Registry

Docker Hub

ACR

ECR

Artifact Registry

Deployment Target

GKE

AKS

EKS

Cloud Run

Environments

Development

dev environment

Staging

staging environment

Production

production environment

Quality Gates

SonarQube Code Quality

Static analysis and code quality scan

Snyk/Trivy Security Scan

Security vulnerability scanning

Unit Test Coverage (80%)

Minimum test coverage threshold

Integration Test Suite

End-to-end integration tests

License Compliance

Open source license check

Container Image Scan

Docker image vulnerability scan

Build

Test

Scan

Stage

Approve

Deploy

Documentation & Catalog

Configure documentation, catalog registration, and initial application settings.

Confluence Space

Documentation Templates

README.md

Service overview, setup instructions, and quick start guide

API Specification (OpenAPI/AsyncAPI)

Machine-readable API contract definition

Architecture Decision Records (ADR)

Structured records of key architecture decisions

Runbook Template

Operational procedures for common scenarios

On-Call Playbook Stub

Incident response procedures and escalation paths

Catalog Registration

Auto-register in Software Catalog

Service will appear in the portal immediately

Service Metadata Preview

apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1 kind: Component metadata: name: order-service description: "A new microservice" annotations: github.com/project-slug: acme/order-service tags: - java - tier-2 spec: type: service lifecycle: production owner: platform-team system: commerce

Review & Confirm

Review all your selections before scaffolding. Click Edit on any section to make changes.

Scaffolding Your Service

Setting up order-service... Please wait.