TCBTech’s newest software release is a Lemonade Stand. At least, a virtual facsimile of one. We’ve been building a demo of microservices architecture on Kubernetes, including build, deployment, and CI phases. It’s used for our Meetup, Eastside Kubernetes Workshop, as a demo and hack project.

Architecture of Lemonade Stand:
Lemonade Stand is a small collection of Microservices. A “Lemonade Stand” service first requests a cup from the “Cup Supply” service. It then takes that cup ID, passes it to the “Lemonade Supply” service, and gets a filled cup back, which it returns to the customer.

“How do I fix this?” read the post from someone whose site was hacked.  S/he wanted advice on how to find the hacker’s entry point. Good question, but the right question is:  “What should I do when I discover my website has been hacked?” When you notice that someone (or something, like a bot) has tampered with your system you have a serious incident (not a bug) and you need a response plan (not a reaction or quick bug fix):