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Concepts

Guarantees and vocabulary. Learn the product in the guide first. Flags and RPCs live under reference.

PageQuestion it answers
Daemon and applicationWho is the cluster member?
MembershipWho is in the cluster?
LeadershipWho commits writes?
ObserversHow do I add a replica that does not vote?
WatchHow do I see what changed?
Custom eventsWhat is publish?
LocksWhat is an exclusive name?
LeasesWhat is a named TTL grant?
PresenceHow does a dead node leave?
SecurityHow do join tokens and mTLS work?
ConsistencyWhat is on Raft, what is not?

Start from Architecture if you have not read it.

Documentation is sourced from the clusdr/docs tree.