go-lockbox is a package under development that provides a unified interface for distributed locking operations, with initial support for PostgreSQL and plans for expansion to multiple backends (such as Redis, etcd, and others).
This system abstracts distributed locking operations, enabling secure and efficient control of shared resources in distributed environments.
- Atomic Lock Acquisition: Performs atomic lock acquisition, ensuring that multiple processes do not acquire the same resource simultaneously.
- Secure Renewal with Ownership Verification: Allows lock renewal while verifying the ownership of the process holding the lock.
- Time-to-Live (TTL) Control: Defines an expiration time for locks, preventing locks from staying indefinitely.
- Health Monitoring: Tools for monitoring the health of the distributed locking system.
- Integrated Metrics: Collects important metrics regarding the use of the locking system.
- Distributed Process Coordination: Enables coordination between multiple processes in distributed systems.
- Race Condition Prevention: Prevents multiple processes from accessing a shared resource simultaneously.
- Shared Resource Access Control: Manages concurrent access to resources to ensure integrity and consistency.
- Implementation of Distributed Queues: Supports the creation of distributed task queues using locks.
Currently, go-lockbox is still under development. Some features are being implemented, and the architecture is being adjusted to support new storage backends and features. The initial package supports PostgreSQL for lock management, but the goal is to expand to other systems in the future.
If you're interested in contributing or testing the in-progress features, feel free to open issues or pull requests!
We welcome contributions! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue. If you want to contribute code, feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request.
Steps to contribute:
- Fork this repository.
- Create a branch for your feature (
git checkout -b feature/new-feature). - Make your changes.
- Submit a pull request.
- PostgreSQL: Basic distributed locking functionality has been implemented.
- Backends to be Supported in the Future: We plan to add support for Redis, etcd, and other popular distributed locking backends.
- Metrics and Monitoring: In development.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.