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Volume 17 Issue 1
January-March 2026
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Event-Driven Microservices and Streaming Data Platforms: Applying Kafka + Confluent in Real-Time Microservice Mesh on AWS & Azure
| Author(s) | Girish Rameshbabu |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Abstract | As enterprise ecosystems transition from monolithic architectures to distributed microservices, traditional synchronous communication patterns (REST/gRPC) increasingly lead to temporal coupling, operational fragility, and data silos. These challenges are exacerbated in multi-cloud strategies where data must reside and synchronize across Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. This paper proposes a solution through the implementation of a decentralized "Event Mesh" architecture using Apache Kafka and the Confluent Ecosystem as the streaming backbone. We investigate the transition from request-response orchestration to asynchronous event choreography, addressing the "Dual-Write" problem via Change Data Capture (CDC) and ensuring data governance through the Confluent Schema Registry. A primary focus is placed on the technical mechanics of Confluent Cluster Linking to bridge the cloud divide without the overhead of traditional mirroring tools. Furthermore, we address critical implementation challenges, including Exactly-Once Semantics (EOS) for cross-cloud transactions, security via mTLS, and performance optimization across high-latency inter-cloud links. The resulting architecture provides a persistent, replayable, and scalable communication mesh that ensures real-time data consistency and fault tolerance across a heterogeneous cloud landscape. |
| Field | Engineering |
| Published In | Volume 17, Issue 1, January-March 2026 |
| Published On | 2026-01-09 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.71097/IJSAT.v17.i1.10298 |
| Short DOI | https://doi.org/hbphz5 |
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