An Overview of Microservice-Based Systems Used for Evaluation in Testing and Monitoring: A Systematic Mapping Study

Abstract

Microservice-based systems have emerged as an effective architecture for countless industry applications. They provide applications as small, independent, and modular services. With the increasing interest in such systems, it is important to tackle challenges related to their quality assurance. However, to advance research in this area, systems are required to evaluate new approaches and tools. In this paper, we perform a systematic literature search for systems used in research for testing and monitoring microservice-based systems to aid future research. We provide an overview of the found studies and the systems used in their evaluation. We compose a list of publicly available systems and their characteristics, like size, available tests, and technologies used. Finally, we investigated the context in which these systems were used to provide insights in their usage and additional data that is available for them.