In this post, we will explore a couple of options to apply health checks to your gRPC server running on ASP.NET Core 3.0. Health checks are a common requirement. In particular, in containerised environments, they are required so that the container orchestrator and load balancers know which services are actually functioning. This post is part […]
Category: gRPC
gRPC Response Compression with ASP.NET Core 3.0
In this post, part of my gRPC with ASP.NET Core series, we’ll explore enabling response compression for gRPC services. NOTE: I’ll cover a few details about compression in this post which are from my early investigation into the options and techniques to configure calls. There may be more precise or more proficient approaches to accomplish […]
Getting Started with gRPC Client Factory
Regular visitors of my blog will know that I’ve written a lot of posts about the HttpClientFactory feature, available in the Microsoft.Extensions.Http package which simplifies the consumption and proper lifetime usage of HttpClient instances. Recently, I’ve begun digging into gRPC and I’m pleased to see a similar pattern is available for gRPC-based communication. In this […]