A LibP2P wrapper for hashicorp/raft implementation.
Inspired but unsatisfied with go-libp2p-raft which doesn't help to make Raft integration easier.
libp2p-raft-go implements a libp2p Raft consensus interface wrapping hashicorp/raft implementation and
providing a libp2p network transport for it.
Raft is a fault-tolerant consensus algorithm that allows a number of peers to agree on a State. Each peer can submit updates to that State, which are then distributed and agreed upon.
Hashicorp's Raft is a mature implementation of the algorithm, which includes a number of performance improvements over the original version and a modular approach that allows to replace pieces of the system with custom implementations.
LibP2P provides a modular peer-to-peer networking stack, which simplifies the networking layer by adding features like generic addressing, secure channels, protocol multiplexing over single connections or nat traversal in a standarized fashion.
libp2p-raft-go uses Hashicorp's Raft implementation and provides a LibP2P-based network transport
for it. At the same time, it wraps the whole system with an implementation of the libp2p Raft consensus
interface, ensuring any applications relying on it can easily swap it for a different one.
In short, libp2p-raft-go:
- can be used to implement raft-consensus-based systems
- takes advantange of the libp2p features (secure channels, protocol multiplexing, nat transversal...)
- takes advantage of Hashicorp's Raft implementation matureness and performance improvementes (pipelining)
- forms a layer which can easily be replaced by a different libp2p Raft consensus implementation.
libp2p-raft-go works like a regular Go library and uses Go modules for depedendency management:
https://github.com/filinvadim/libp2p-raft-go/blob/master/example/main.go#L86-L217
TODO. Tested in WarpNet production environment.
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git push origin IssueNumber/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
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