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Setup gPRC with AWS ALB

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cloud aws alb grpc
Hugo
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Hugo
DevOps Engineer in London
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gRPC
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  • Concept:
    • Similar to REST API and JSON.
  • Payload format:
    • Binary
  • Performance:
    • Faster as smaller size than JSON.
  • Usage:
    • Primarily for service-to-service communication.
    • Browser-to-service not widely supported.
  • Protocol:
    • Built on HTTP/2
    • client -> ALB: HTTPS only; ALB -> target: HTTP/HTTPS