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| 1 | +# System Architecture Diagram |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Text-Based Architecture Overview |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +``` |
| 6 | + [Users] |
| 7 | + | |
| 8 | + [CDN Layer] |
| 9 | + | |
| 10 | + [API Gateway] |
| 11 | + | | | |
| 12 | + +--------------+ | +--------------+ |
| 13 | + | | | |
| 14 | + [Availability Zone 1] [Availability Zone 2] [Availability Zone 3] |
| 15 | + | | | |
| 16 | + +-------+-------+ +-------+-------+ +-------+-------+ |
| 17 | + | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | + [Score] [User] [Notif] [Score] [User] [Notif] [Score] [User] [Notif] |
| 19 | + Service Service Service Service Service Service Service Service Service |
| 20 | + | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | + +-------+-------+--+-------+-------+--+-------+-------+ |
| 22 | + | | | |
| 23 | + [Event Bus - Kafka Cluster] |
| 24 | + | | | |
| 25 | + [Redis Cache Cluster] |
| 26 | + | | | |
| 27 | + +-------+-------+--+-------+-------+--+-------+-------+ |
| 28 | + | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | + [Primary] [DB] [DB] [Read] [DB] [DB] [Read] [DB] [DB] |
| 30 | + Database Shard1 Shard2 Replica Shard3 Shard4 Replica Shard5 Shard6 |
| 31 | +``` |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +## Component Layers |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +### 1. Client Layer |
| 36 | +- **Users**: Web browsers, mobile apps |
| 37 | +- **Connections**: HTTPS, WebSocket |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +### 2. Edge Layer |
| 40 | +- **CDN**: Static asset caching, global distribution |
| 41 | +- **Caching**: 5-minute TTL for API responses |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +### 3. Gateway Layer |
| 44 | +- **API Gateway**: Single entry point, load balancing |
| 45 | +- **Features**: Rate limiting, authentication, routing |
| 46 | +- **Security**: JWT validation, DDoS protection |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +### 4. Service Layer (Microservices) |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +#### Score Service |
| 51 | +``` |
| 52 | +Responsibilities: |
| 53 | +├── Score validation and updates |
| 54 | +├── Leaderboard computation |
| 55 | +├── Business rule enforcement |
| 56 | +└── Event publishing |
| 57 | +
|
| 58 | +Endpoints: |
| 59 | +├── POST /api/v1/scores |
| 60 | +├── GET /api/v1/leaderboard |
| 61 | +├── GET /api/v1/users/{id}/score |
| 62 | +└── GET /api/v1/health |
| 63 | +``` |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +#### User Service |
| 66 | +``` |
| 67 | +Responsibilities: |
| 68 | +├── User authentication |
| 69 | +├── Profile management |
| 70 | +├── Permission validation |
| 71 | +└── Session management |
| 72 | +
|
| 73 | +Endpoints: |
| 74 | +├── POST /api/v1/auth/login |
| 75 | +├── POST /api/v1/auth/refresh |
| 76 | +├── GET /api/v1/users/{id} |
| 77 | +└── PUT /api/v1/users/{id} |
| 78 | +``` |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +#### Notification Service |
| 81 | +``` |
| 82 | +Responsibilities: |
| 83 | +├── WebSocket connection management |
| 84 | +├── Real-time message broadcasting |
| 85 | +├── Event consumption from Kafka |
| 86 | +└── Connection pooling |
| 87 | +
|
| 88 | +Features: |
| 89 | +├── Auto-reconnection |
| 90 | +├── Message queuing |
| 91 | +├── Graceful degradation |
| 92 | +└── Load balancing |
| 93 | +``` |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +### 5. Event Layer |
| 96 | +- **Apache Kafka**: Event streaming backbone |
| 97 | +- **Topics**: score_updates, user_actions, system_events |
| 98 | +- **Partitioning**: By user_id for ordered processing |
| 99 | +- **Replication**: 3 replicas across AZs |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +### 6. Cache Layer |
| 102 | +- **Redis Cluster**: In-memory data store |
| 103 | +- **Use Cases**: Session storage, leaderboard caching, rate limiting |
| 104 | +- **Configuration**: 6 nodes (3 primary, 3 replica) |
| 105 | +- **Eviction**: LRU policy with 1GB memory per node |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +### 7. Data Layer |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +#### Database Sharding Strategy |
| 110 | +``` |
| 111 | +Shard Distribution: |
| 112 | +├── Shard 1: Users with hash(user_id) % 4 = 0 |
| 113 | +├── Shard 2: Users with hash(user_id) % 4 = 1 |
| 114 | +├── Shard 3: Users with hash(user_id) % 4 = 2 |
| 115 | +└── Shard 4: Users with hash(user_id) % 4 = 3 |
| 116 | +
|
| 117 | +Replication: |
| 118 | +├── Primary DB (AZ1): Write operations |
| 119 | +├── Read Replica (AZ2): Read operations, failover |
| 120 | +└── Read Replica (AZ3): Read operations, analytics |
| 121 | +``` |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +#### Database Schema |
| 124 | +```sql |
| 125 | +-- Users table (sharded by user_id) |
| 126 | +CREATE TABLE users ( |
| 127 | + id UUID PRIMARY KEY, |
| 128 | + username VARCHAR(50) UNIQUE NOT NULL, |
| 129 | + email VARCHAR(100) UNIQUE NOT NULL, |
| 130 | + created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(), |
| 131 | + updated_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW() |
| 132 | +); |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +-- Scores table (sharded by user_id) |
| 135 | +CREATE TABLE scores ( |
| 136 | + user_id UUID PRIMARY KEY REFERENCES users(id), |
| 137 | + current_score INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, |
| 138 | + last_updated TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(), |
| 139 | + version INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1, |
| 140 | + INDEX idx_score_ranking (current_score DESC) |
| 141 | +); |
| 142 | + |
| 143 | +-- Score history (for audit and analytics) |
| 144 | +CREATE TABLE score_history ( |
| 145 | + id UUID PRIMARY KEY, |
| 146 | + user_id UUID NOT NULL, |
| 147 | + score_change INTEGER NOT NULL, |
| 148 | + action_type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, |
| 149 | + timestamp TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(), |
| 150 | + session_id VARCHAR(100), |
| 151 | + ip_address INET |
| 152 | +); |
| 153 | +``` |
| 154 | + |
| 155 | +### 8. Monitoring Layer |
| 156 | +``` |
| 157 | +Observability Stack: |
| 158 | +├── Metrics: Prometheus + Grafana |
| 159 | +├── Logging: ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) |
| 160 | +├── Tracing: Jaeger for distributed tracing |
| 161 | +└── Alerting: PagerDuty integration |
| 162 | +
|
| 163 | +Key Metrics: |
| 164 | +├── Service health and uptime |
| 165 | +├── Response times (p50, p95, p99) |
| 166 | +├── Error rates and types |
| 167 | +├── Active user connections |
| 168 | +├── Score update frequency |
| 169 | +└── Database performance |
| 170 | +``` |
| 171 | + |
| 172 | +## Data Flow Diagrams |
| 173 | + |
| 174 | +### Score Update Flow |
| 175 | +``` |
| 176 | +[User Action] |
| 177 | + ↓ HTTPS POST |
| 178 | +[API Gateway] |
| 179 | + ↓ Load Balance |
| 180 | +[Score Service] |
| 181 | + ↓ Validate |
| 182 | +[Database Shard] |
| 183 | + ↓ Success |
| 184 | +[Event Bus] |
| 185 | + ↓ Publish |
| 186 | +[Notification Service] |
| 187 | + ↓ WebSocket |
| 188 | +[Connected Clients] |
| 189 | +``` |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | +### Real-time Update Flow |
| 192 | +``` |
| 193 | +[Score Change Event] |
| 194 | + ↓ Kafka Topic |
| 195 | +[Notification Service] |
| 196 | + ↓ Process Event |
| 197 | +[WebSocket Connections] |
| 198 | + ↓ Broadcast |
| 199 | +[Frontend Apps] |
| 200 | + ↓ Update UI |
| 201 | +[Leaderboard Display] |
| 202 | +``` |
| 203 | + |
| 204 | +### Authentication Flow |
| 205 | +``` |
| 206 | +[Login Request] |
| 207 | + ↓ Credentials |
| 208 | +[User Service] |
| 209 | + ↓ Validate |
| 210 | +[JWT Generation] |
| 211 | + ↓ Return Tokens |
| 212 | +[Client Storage] |
| 213 | + ↓ Include in Headers |
| 214 | +[API Gateway] |
| 215 | + ↓ Verify JWT |
| 216 | +[Service Access] |
| 217 | +``` |
| 218 | + |
| 219 | +## Security Architecture |
| 220 | + |
| 221 | +### Defense in Depth |
| 222 | +``` |
| 223 | +Layer 1: CDN/WAF Protection |
| 224 | +├── DDoS mitigation |
| 225 | +├── IP filtering |
| 226 | +├── Rate limiting |
| 227 | +└── SSL/TLS termination |
| 228 | +
|
| 229 | +Layer 2: API Gateway Security |
| 230 | +├── JWT token validation |
| 231 | +├── Request/response filtering |
| 232 | +├── Rate limiting per user |
| 233 | +└── Request size limits |
| 234 | +
|
| 235 | +Layer 3: Service-Level Security |
| 236 | +├── Input validation |
| 237 | +├── Business rule enforcement |
| 238 | +├── Audit logging |
| 239 | +└── Encrypted data storage |
| 240 | +
|
| 241 | +Layer 4: Database Security |
| 242 | +├── Connection encryption |
| 243 | +├── Row-level security |
| 244 | +├── Backup encryption |
| 245 | +└── Access control lists |
| 246 | +``` |
| 247 | + |
| 248 | +### Threat Mitigation |
| 249 | +``` |
| 250 | +Score Tampering Prevention: |
| 251 | +├── JWT-based authentication |
| 252 | +├── Request signing with HMAC |
| 253 | +├── Idempotency keys |
| 254 | +├── Rate limiting (10 updates/minute) |
| 255 | +├── Business rule validation |
| 256 | +├── Anomaly detection |
| 257 | +└── Comprehensive audit trails |
| 258 | +
|
| 259 | +Session Security: |
| 260 | +├── Secure HTTP-only cookies |
| 261 | +├── CSRF protection |
| 262 | +├── Session rotation |
| 263 | +├── Concurrent session limits |
| 264 | +└── Device fingerprinting |
| 265 | +``` |
| 266 | + |
| 267 | +This architecture provides a comprehensive, scalable, and secure foundation for the scoreboard system while maintaining clear separation of concerns and enabling future enhancements. |
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