When and How to use GraphQL with Microservice Architecture

Question

I\'m trying to understand where GraphQL is most suitable to use within a Microservice architecture.

There is some debate about having only 1 GraphQL schema that works as

Answer 1

As of 2019 the best way is to write microservises that implements apollo gateway specification and then glue together these services using a gateway following approach #1. The fastest way to build the gateway is a docker image like this one Then use docker-compose to start all the services concurrently:

version: '3'

services:
    service1:
        build: service1
    service2:
        build: service2
    gateway:
        ports:
            - 80:80
        image: xmorse/apollo-federation-gateway
        environment: 
            - CACHE_MAX_AGE=5
            - "FORWARD_HEADERS=Authorization, X-Custom-Header" # default is Authorization, pass '' to reset
            - URL_0=http://service1
            - URL_1=http://service2