This document discusses microservice architecture and its advantages over monolithic architecture. It describes the basics of microservices including what microservices are, challenges in implementing microservices, and common patterns and tools used in microservice architectures. Specifically, it covers service discovery with Eureka, calling microservices and load balancing with Ribbon, API gateways with Zuul, fault tolerance with Hystrix, and centralized configuration with Spring Cloud Config Server. The goal is to explain the key concepts of microservice architecture and how to address common challenges in implementing microservices.