Raft Distributed Consensus

Goal

Build a distributed key-value database implementing the Raft consensus algorithm.

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Components

Client

Sends requests to the leader.

Leader

Receives client requests and replicates logs.

Followers

Receive replicated logs and acknowledge them.

RPC Layer

Responsible for communication between nodes.

Persistent Store

Stores:

• Current Term
• VotedFor
• Log Entries
• Snapshots

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Project Structure

cmd/ raft/ rpc/ server/ client/ store/

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Cluster Configuration

config.json

{ "nodes": [ { "id":1, "address":"localhost:8001" }, { "id":2, "address":"localhost:8002" }, { "id":3, "address":"localhost:8003" } ] }

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Future Features

• Leader Election
• Heartbeats
• Log Replication
• Persistent Storage
• Snapshotting
• Membership Changes