Module 6 of 8

Cloud Native: gRPC, Dapr & Kubernetes

Build polyglot microservices with gRPC/Protobuf, implement resilient patterns with Dapr, and deploy to Kubernetes with .NET Aspire.

4 lessons

~30 hours

190 XP

Define services with .proto, generate C# code, implement unary/streaming RPCs, and add interceptors for auth/logging.

Use Dapr sidecar for service-to-service calls, state management, pub/sub, and virtual actors without infrastructure lock-in.

Deploy to K8s with Helm/operators, use Aspire for local dev orchestration, and implement OpenTelemetry, health checks, and service discovery.

Build an API gateway with YARP, route by path/host, transform requests/responses, and integrate with auth and rate limiting.