Chapter 3. How DevOps Affects Architecture

Software architecture is a vast subject, and in this book, we will focus on the aspects of architecture that have the largest effects on Continuous Delivery and DevOps and vice versa.

In this chapter, we will see:

• Aspects of software architecture and what it means to us while working with our DevOps glasses on
• Basic terminology and goals
• Anti-patterns, such as the monolith
• The fundamental principle of the separation of concerns
• Three-tier systems and microservices

We finally conclude with some practical issues regarding database migration.

It's quite a handful, so let's get started!