Distributed Commit Log

Distributed Commit Log implementation using Golang.

Terminology

• Record—the data stored in our log.
• Store—the file we store records in.
• Index—the file we store index entries in.
• Segment—the abstraction that ties a store and an index together.
• Log—the abstraction that ties all the segments together.

Features

• Create data classes using protobuf
• Authenticate client/server using certificates
• Authorize with access control lists
• Metrics, tracing and logging for telemetry
• Service discovery for nodes

Todo: complete section

Libraries

• protoc (data models)
• gRPC (communication)
• cfssl (generating certs)
• crypto (encryption)
• casbin (access control list)
• testify (testing module)
• opencensus (metrics and tracing)
• zap (logging)
• serf (service discovery)

Installation

Golang v1.15+ is recommended. Todo: complete section