Pontoon

It's like a Raft.

Toy implementation of the Raft consensus algorithm, built using Elixir / OTP.

In an effort to keep the scope manageable, membership is discovered simply through an IGMP multicast group, though theoretically something like SWIM or epmd could be substituted in.

Setup

mix deps.get

# Open a bunch of terminals and then:
RPC_PORT=$RANDOM iex --sname pontoon$RANDOM -S mix

Links

• Raft whitepaper
• Raft Scope
• Raft thesis paper