This is a block-hash and gRPC based cloud file server, can synchronize and control the version of files with multiple clients concurrently updating; multiple block servers with consistent hashing; Raft protocol to achieve cluster fault tolerance, using channels, goroutine, mutex locks, and RPC context to control the behaviors of leader/follower/candidate, correctly serves client requests, replicates logs and runs leader election in various cluster crashed scenarios.
- generate the protobuf
protoc --proto_path=. --go_out=. --go_opt=paths=source_relative --go-grpc_out=. --go-grpc_opt=paths=source_relative pkg/surfstore/SurfStore.proto- install the binary executable
make test-install- using Unit Test to test the code like raft_client_test.go However, the UT contents are not yet modified to LeaderElection version, still the SetLeader version.