Scalify-xyz E-Commerce Platform (Open Source)

This is an open-source project designed to provide a modern and scalable solution for building e-commerce systems. By leveraging a microservices architecture, this platform ensures modularity, scalability, and reliability, making it an ideal choice for developers and businesses looking to create robust online stores.

Overview

The platform is built using Node.js and TypeScript, with each core feature implemented as an independent microservice. This approach allows for:

• Independent Development: Each microservice can be developed, tested, and deployed independently.
• Scalability: Services can be scaled based on demand without affecting others.
• Resilience: Fault isolation ensures that issues in one service don’t bring down the entire system.

Core Features

The platform includes the following core microservices:

1. User Service
   Handles user registration, authentication, and profile management.

2. Payment Service
   Handles payment processing, integrating with external payment gateways such as Stripe or PayPal.

3. Notification Service
   Sends email and SMS notifications for events such as order confirmations and shipping updates.

4. Product Service
   Manages product listings, categories, and inventory.

5. Cart Service
   Manages users’ shopping carts, including adding/removing items and updating quantities.

6. Order Service
   Processes orders, tracks order status, and manages order history.

7. Client Web
   Provides a user-friendly interface for customers to browse products, manage their carts, and place orders.

Infrastructure

The platform is designed with cloud scalability in mind and utilizes:

• CI/CD Pipeline: Automated deployments to Amazon EC2 using GitHub Actions, ensuring efficient and consistent releases.
• PostgreSQL: A powerful relational database hosted on Amazon RDS for data persistence.
• MongoDB: A NoSQL database for handling unstructured or semi-structured data.
• RabbitMQ: Implements RabbitMQ (via Amazon MQ) for asynchronous communication between services.
• Load Balancer: Ensures even distribution of incoming traffic across multiple instances, improving reliability and performance.
• API Gateway: Serves as the single entry point for all client requests, routing them to the appropriate microservices.
• Centralized Logging: Aggregates logs from all microservices using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
• Monitoring: Uses Datadog for system monitoring.
• Service Discovery: Automatically detects and manages service instances using tools like Consul.

Deployment

All microservices are containerized using Docker, with orchestration managed through Docker Compose for development and Kubernetes for production.

Key Deployment Features:

• EC2 Instances: The platform is deployed on AWS EC2 instances for flexibility and scalability.
• GitHub Actions: Automates the build, test, and deployment processes.
• Load Balancing: Ensures high availability and efficient request handling.

Documentation

For those who want a deeper understanding of the platform, comprehensive documentation is available in the /docs folder. The documentation provides insights!

Technology Stack for Microservices

This platform includes a boilerplate project that explains the recommended technologies and architecture for building microservices. You can find it here: Boilerplate for Scalable Microservices.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you’re interested in improving the platform or adding new features, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository of the specific microservice you wish to contribute to.
2. Create a feature branch.
3. Submit a pull request with a detailed explanation of your changes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use, modify, and distribute it as per the terms of the license.

Contact

For questions or suggestions, feel free to open an issue in the respective repository or contact us directly.