Agentic AI Reference Architecture

Infrastructure · Data store

Service Discovery Registry

Data storeInfrastructureInfrastructurearc:ServiceDiscoveryRegistry

A registry mapping stable service names to the addresses of currently ready replicas so components can locate each other as replicas change.

Responsibility. Resolves stable service names to healthy instances.

Also known as: Service discovery, Service endpoints

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Relationships

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Classification

Patterns
Stable service endpoint
Technologies
Kubernetes ServiceCluster DNS
Quality attributes
Reliability (ISO/IEC 25010 | NIST AI RMF: valid and reliable)Maintainability (ISO/IEC 25010)

Sources

  1. Ch4.3: T. Nguyen, "Container Orchestration and Edge Deployment," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 4.3. ISBN: 9798244538229.