This chapter will introduce you to the basics of microservices, including what a microservice is and how to break a monolithic server down into microservices. It will be useful if you are not familiar with the concept of microservices or if you have never implemented them using the Rust programming language.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• What are microservices?
• How to transform a traditional server architecture into microservices
• The importance of Rust in microservices development