Methods, devices and systems for initiating, forming and joining memberships in distributed computing systems
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of deploying a membership of distributed compute nodes in a distributed computing system hosting replicated state machines, comprising;
- selecting distributed compute nodes to be part of a membership of distributed compute nodes to be deployed;
creating a membership task identifying a membership creator node as the distributed compute node that is creating the membership to be deployed and comprising a membership target identifying at least one distributed compute node of the distributed computing system that is to become a member of the membership;
persisting the created membership task in a persistent store;
creating a beacon configured to send, over a computer network, a create membership message to each distributed compute node identified in the membership target, the create membership message comprising at least an identity of the membership task and an identification of the membership to be deployed; and
upon the membership creator node receiving a response from a distributed compute node in the membership target;
removing the distributed compute node from which the response was received from the beacon; and
deploying the membership when a response has been received from each of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target, andif the membership creator node fails before it has received responses from each of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target, restarting the membership task and resending duplicate create membership messages to at least one of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of deploying a membership of nodes in a distributed computing system may comprise selecting nodes to be part of a membership of nodes; creating a membership task identifying a membership creator node as the node that is creating the membership and comprising a membership target identifying at least one node of the distributed computing system that is to become a member of the membership; and creating a beacon configured to send a create membership message to each identified node, the create membership message comprising at least an identity of the membership task and an identification of the membership. Upon receiving a response from a node in the membership target, the node from which the response was received may be removed from the beacon. The membership may be deployed when a response has been received from each of the nodes identified in the membership target.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of deploying a membership of distributed compute nodes in a distributed computing system hosting replicated state machines, comprising;
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selecting distributed compute nodes to be part of a membership of distributed compute nodes to be deployed; creating a membership task identifying a membership creator node as the distributed compute node that is creating the membership to be deployed and comprising a membership target identifying at least one distributed compute node of the distributed computing system that is to become a member of the membership; persisting the created membership task in a persistent store; creating a beacon configured to send, over a computer network, a create membership message to each distributed compute node identified in the membership target, the create membership message comprising at least an identity of the membership task and an identification of the membership to be deployed; and upon the membership creator node receiving a response from a distributed compute node in the membership target; removing the distributed compute node from which the response was received from the beacon; and deploying the membership when a response has been received from each of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target, and if the membership creator node fails before it has received responses from each of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target, restarting the membership task and resending duplicate create membership messages to at least one of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computing device, comprising:
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a memory; a processor, and a plurality of processes spawned by the processor, the processes being configured to cause the computing device to deploy a membership of distributed compute nodes in a distributed computing system hosting replicated state machines, the plurality of processes comprising processing logic to; select distributed compute nodes to be part of membership of distributed compute nodes to be deployed; create a membership task identifying a membership creator node as the distributed compute node that is creating the membership to be deployed and comprising a membership target identifying at least one distributed compute node of the distributed computing system that is to become a member of the membership; persist the created membership task in a persistent store; create a beacon configured to send, over a computer network, a create membership message to each distributed compute node identified in the membership target, the create membership message comprising at least an identity of the membership task and an identification of the membership to be deployed; and upon receiving a response from a distributed compute node in the membership target; remove the distributed compute node from which the response was received from the beacon; and deploy the membership when a response has been received from each of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target, and if the membership creator node fails before it has received responses from each of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target, restart the membership task and resend duplicate create membership messages to at least one of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium having data stored thereon representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to deploy a membership of distributed compute nodes in a distributed computing system hosting replicated state machines by:
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selecting distributed compute nodes to be part of membership of distributed compute nodes to be deployed; creating a membership task identifying a membership creator node as the n distributed compute ode that is creating the membership to be deployed and comprising a membership target identifying at least one distributed compute node of the distributed computing system that is to become a member of the membership; and persisting the created membership task in a persistent store; creating a beacon configured to send, over a computer network, a create membership message to each distributed compute node identified in the membership target, the create membership message comprising at least an identity of the membership task and an identification of the membership to be deployed; and upon receiving a response from a distributed compute node in the membership target; removing the distributed compute node from which the response was received from the beacon; and deploying the membership when a response has been received from each of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target, and if the membership creator node fails before it has received responses from each of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target, restarting the membership task and resending duplicate create membership messages to at least one of the distributed compute nodes identified in the membership target. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 22, 23, 24)
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- 20. The non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium of method 17, wherein the create membership message further comprises an identification of the membership creator node and sufficient information to enable communication therewith.
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