Endpoint decommission is a process of permanent endpoint instance shut down. It can happen for various reasons, such as:
- Dividing endpoint responsibility into a few other endpoints
- Scaling down endpoint instances
- Other (like removing certain functionality from the system)
When performing endpoint decommission the following aspects should be considered:
- Routing should be adjusted to make sure that no new messages will be delivered to that endpoint
- Make sure that endpoint processed all messages from it's queue
- Timeouts are rerouted to other endpoint instances
- If any errors are discovered in the ServicePulse/ServiceControl tools a redirect functionality can be used to reroute messages to another endpoint instance.
