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SaaS Core Platform & Tenant Control Plane - Analysis

Planning-layer analysis for category 1. It groups the 50 candidate services into capabilities, recommends what becomes a standalone service versus a module, and captures domain, interface, and non-functional notes. For the plain item list see the browse page.

Scope & Bounded Context

  • Primary bounded context: Tenant Management & SaaS Core Metadata
  • Group: core
  • Default wave / cycle: Phase 1 · Core Platform Wave
  • Items: 50 candidates

This category is anchored to the ConnectSoft DDD baseline in the SaaS framework DDD blueprint and the service classification model.

Classification Breakdown

Classification Count
Microservice 4
Module-in-service 40
Platform Product 2
Portal/UI Module 4

Anti-fragmentation stance

Per ADR-0011, the 40 module candidates below are delivered inside the Tenant Management & SaaS Core Metadata bounded-context service, not as separate microservices. Only the 6 platform/service candidates justify an independent runtime.

Standalone Service / Platform Candidates

ID Service Tier Status
CS-SVC-0001 SaaS Control Plane 0 Documented
CS-SVC-0017 Tenant Provisioning Service 0 Documented
CS-SVC-0018 Tenant Registry Service 0 Planned
CS-SVC-0044 Business Unit Service 0 Planned
CS-SVC-0049 SaaS Factory Orchestrator 0 Documented
CS-SVC-0050 SaaS Platform Marketplace Shell 0 Planned

Portal / UI Modules

  • Host Admin Portal (CS-SVC-0002)
  • Tenant Admin Portal (CS-SVC-0003)
  • Super Admin Portal (CS-SVC-0004)
  • Tenant Onboarding Wizard (CS-SVC-0024)

Domain, Interfaces & Data Ownership

  • Aggregates are owned by the Tenant Management & SaaS Core Metadata context; cross-context reads go through published contracts, never shared databases.
  • Integration is event-first (outbox + integration events) per the event-driven mindset.
  • APIs are contract-first and versioned through the API & Integration context.

Non-Functional Posture

  • Multi-tenancy & edition-awareness: required for all serious candidates.
  • Security: High baseline; secrets via the platform secret store; least privilege.
  • Compliance: standard audit logging.
  • Observability: OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and structured logs.

MVP vs Future

  • MVP (Tier 0-1): SaaS Control Plane, Host Admin Portal, Tenant Admin Portal, Super Admin Portal, Product Management Service, Product Catalog Service, Product Edition Service, Feature Catalog Service
  • Future (Tier 4-5): none

Open Questions

  • Which module candidates, if any, develop independent scaling or ownership needs that would justify promotion to a standalone service?
  • Where do this category's contracts overlap with adjacent contexts, and who owns them?