MuleSoft-Integration-Architect-I VCE Exam Download

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JMX Management Java Management Extensions (JMX) is a simple and standard way to manage applications, devices, services, and other resources. JMX is dynamic, so you can use it to monitor and manage resources as they are created, installed, and implemented. You can also use JMX to monitor and manage the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Each resource is instrumented by one or more Managed Beans, or MBeans. All MBeans are registered in an MBean Server. The JMX server agent consists of an MBean Server and a set of services for handling Mbeans. There are several agents provided with Mule for JMX support. The easiest way to configure JMX is to use the default JMX support agent. Log4J Agent The log4j agent exposes the configuration of the Log4J instance used by Mule for JMX management. You enable the Log4J agent using the element. It does not take any additional properties MuleSoft Reference: https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/3.9/jmx-management

In a microservices architecture, a service mesh manages the communication between microservices. This involves handling service discovery, load balancing, failure recovery, metrics, and monitoring. Service meshes also provide more complex operational requirements like A/B testing, canary releases, rate limiting, access control, and end-to-end authentication. By abstracting these functionalities away from individual microservices, a service mesh allows developers to focus on business logic while ensuring reliable and secure inter-service communication.

References:

• Understanding Service Mesh
• Service Mesh for Microservices

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* If you need to scale a JMS provider/ message broker, - add nodes to scale it horizontally or - add memory to scale it vertically * Cons of adding another JMS provider/ message broker: - adds cost. - adds complexity to use two JMS brokers - adds Operational overhead if we use two brokers, say, ActiveMQ and IBM MQ * So Two options that mention to use two brokers are not best choice. * It's mentioned that "The Fulfillment microservice consumes Order messages, fulfills the order described therein, and then publishes an OrderFulfilled message. Each OrderFulfilled message can be consumed by any interested Mule application." - When you publish a message on a topic, it goes to all the subscribers who are interested - so zero to many subscribers will receive a copy of the message. - When you send a message on a queue, it will be received by exactly one consumer. * As we need multiple consumers to consume the message below option is not valid choice: "Order messages are sent to an Anypoint MQ exchange. OrderFulfilled messages are sent to an Anypoint MQ queue. Both microservices interact with Anypoint MQ as the message broker, which must therefore scale to support the load of both microservices" * Order messages are only consumed by one Mule application, the Fulfillment microservice, so we will publish it on queue and OrderFulfilled message can be consumed by any interested Mule application so it need to be published on Topic using same broker. * Correct Answer: Best choice in this scenario is: "Order messages are sent to a JMS queue. OrderFulfilled messages are sent to a JMS topic. Both microservices interact with the same JMS provider (message broker) instance, which must therefore scale to support the load of both microservices" Tried to depict scenario in diagram:

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