Building a Distributed Lock System with Go and etcd: A Step-by-Step Guide
Introduction to Distributed Locking In the world of distributed systems, managing concurrent access to shared resources is a critical challenge. Imagine a scenario where multiple instances of your microservice need to access a shared database or perform some exclusive operation. This is where distributed locking comes into play, ensuring that only one process can access the resource at any given time. What is etcd? Before diving into the implementation, let’s understand what etcd is....