# Platform Services

Platform services provide foundational infrastructure, monitoring, and operational capabilities that support all other services.

## Services

*Currently in planning phase - no active services deployed*

## Planned Capabilities

### Service Discovery
- **Purpose**: Dynamic service registration and discovery
- **Planned Functions**:
  - Service health monitoring
  - Load balancing and routing
  - Service mesh coordination
  - Configuration management

### Logging & Monitoring
- **Purpose**: Observability and operational insights
- **Planned Functions**:
  - Centralized logging aggregation
  - Metrics collection and analysis
  - Distributed tracing
  - Performance monitoring and alerting

### Configuration Management
- **Purpose**: Centralized configuration and secrets management
- **Planned Functions**:
  - Environment-specific configurations
  - Secrets encryption and rotation
  - Dynamic configuration updates
  - Configuration versioning and rollback

### Authentication & Authorization
- **Purpose**: Security and access control
- **Planned Functions**:
  - User authentication and session management
  - Role-based access control (RBAC)
  - API security and token management
  - Audit logging and compliance

### Backup & Recovery
- **Purpose**: Data protection and disaster recovery
- **Planned Functions**:
  - Automated backup scheduling
  - Point-in-time recovery
  - Cross-region replication
  - Disaster recovery orchestration

## Architecture

Platform services provide the operational foundation that enables reliable, secure, and observable operation of the entire trading platform. They implement cross-cutting concerns and best practices for production deployments.