Service Dependencies and Order

The three core services have dependencies that dictate the restoration order:

Consul should be restored first, as it contains:

• Service discovery information

• Configuration key-value pairs

• Service mesh configurations

• ACL tokens and policies

PostgreSQL should be restored second, containing:

• User authentication data

• Application state and transactions

• Relational data with referential integrity

• Audit logs and operational data

Elasticsearch should be restored last, as it contains:

• Search indices

• Log data and analytics

• Time-series data

• Cached and derived data

This order ensures that configuration and authentication systems are available before application data is restored.