Raft protocol implementation

This is a example implementation of the raft consensus protocol for educations proposes only:

• https://raft.github.io/raft.pdf
• https://raft.github.io/

How to run

1. Compile the project:

javac *.java

2. Configure the number of instances (list of local ports): config.conf
3. Configure general settings: config.properties
4. Run the instances:

java FollowerMain <follower number, e.g., 0, 1, ...>

5. Run the client application:

java Client [serverNumber] <put|get|del|cas|list> <numberOfRequests>

Docker

1. Run Raft cluster:

docker compose up --build

2. Manual Test:

docker run --network host -it --rm --entrypoint bash $(docker build -q .)
java Client 0 list 1
java Client 0 put 1
java Client 0 get 1