Elixir clustering using Postgres

• libcluster_postgres

  3 177 6.7 Elixir

  Postgres strategy for libcluster

  

However, when it comes to connecting the servers, there seems to be a barrier of entry that many people encounter, including ourselves, on how to provide the name discovery required to connect said servers. We have released our approach to solving this problem by open-sourcing libcluster Postgres Strategy and today, we explore the motivations behind its creation and the methodologies employed in its development.

• libcluster

  10 1,883 6.4 Elixir

  Automatic cluster formation/healing for Elixir applications

libcluster is the go-to package for connecting multiple BEAM instances and setting up healing strategies. libcluster provides out-of-the-box strategies and it allows users to define their own strategies by implementing a simple behavior that defines cluster formation and healing according to the supporting service you want to use.

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• postgrex

  3 1,049 6.3 Elixir

  PostgreSQL driver for Elixir

  

Now we can replicate the same behavior in Elixir and Postgrex within IEx (Elixir's interactive shell).

• libcluster_postgres

  1 4 10.0 Elixir

  Postgres strategy for libcluster (by kevbuchanan)

Using the libcluster Strategy behavior, inspired by this GitHub repository and knowing how NOTIFY/LISTEN works, implementing a strategy becomes straightforward:

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