8.1 Workflow to Develop Applications with Saga
Develop, test, and deploy your microservices independently. To use MicroTx to manage the transactions in your application, you need to make a few changes to your existing application code to integrate the functionality provided by the MicroTx libraries.
Use the following workflow as a guide to develop your applications to use MicroTx to manage Saga transactions.
| Task | Description | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Install MicroTx | Install MicroTx and ensure that you can access it. | Workflow to Install and Use MicroTx |
| Provide configuration information for the MicroTx library properties. | Perform this step for all the transaction participant and transaction initiator Node.js applications, so that your Node.js applications can access the library. | Configure Library Properties for Node.js Apps |
| Integrate MicroTx library with your application code. | Select a suitable procedure to integrate the library based on the following factors:
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The library is available for Java and Node.js apps. Perform one of the following tasks: |
| Enable session affinity | When you use internal memory as data store and deploy the transaction coordinator on more than one replica, then you must enable session affinity for Saga and XA transactions. You don't need to enable session affinity for TCC transactions. | Enable Session Affinity |
| Deploy your application | After integrating the MicroTx library files with your application, deploy the application. | Deploy Your Application |
Parent topic: Develop Applications with Saga