Golang - Microservice Template for scalable project

Overview

This repository provides a template for building microservices using Go and Echo, with Docker support for easy containerization and deployment. It includes PostgreSQL for database management and Redis for caching, making it a comprehensive solution for developing scalable and maintainable microservices.

Features

• Go: Statically typed, compiled programming language designed for simplicity and efficiency.
• Docker: Containerization for consistent environments across different stages of development and deployment.
• Echo: Lightweight web framework for building RESTful APIs.
• Redis: In-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker.
• PostgreSQL: Reliable and powerful open-source relational database.

Prerequisites

• Go (version 1.18 or later)
• Docker (for containerization)
• Docker Compose (optional, for managing multi-container Docker applications)
• PostgreSQL (for local development)
• Redis (for local development)

Getting Started

Make sure you have goose installed on your computer

go install github.com/pressly/goose/v3/cmd/goose@latest

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Teyz/go-svc-template.git

Update environments variables

Update environments variables in docker-compose.yml

Run the project

docker compose up