Concepts
Guarantees and vocabulary. Learn the product in the guide first. Flags and RPCs live under reference.
| Page | Question it answers |
|---|---|
| Daemon and application | Who is the cluster member? |
| Membership | Who is in the cluster? |
| Leadership | Who commits writes? |
| Observers | How do I add a replica that does not vote? |
| Watch | How do I see what changed? |
| Custom events | What is publish? |
| Locks | What is an exclusive name? |
| Leases | What is a named TTL grant? |
| Presence | How does a dead node leave? |
| Security | How do join tokens and mTLS work? |
| Consistency | What is on Raft, what is not? |
Start from Architecture if you have not read it.