The MongoElector project provides two pieces of distributed coordination; Distributed locks via 'MongoLocker' and master elections via 'MongoElector'. MongoElector makes heavy use of MongoLocker, but the locking functionality within MongoLocker can be used separately.
- Free software: GPLv3
- Documentation: https://mongoelector.readthedocs.io.
Note
As of 0.3.0 release, the distributed master election functionality is working. Additional features and functionality as well as bug fixes and minor API changes will be ongoing over the next couple of minor releases.
- Simple API to allow distributed master election
- Distributed locking via MongoDB
- Ensure/Verify a specific instance holds the lock
- TTL
- Cluster Health and Management within MongoElector