simplifying the leader election by raft

fixing https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/issues/629

weed/server/raft_server.go

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 package weed_server
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"math/rand"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
@@ -49,7 +43,7 @@ func NewRaftServer(r *mux.Router, peers []string, httpAddr string, dataDir strin
 	var err error
 	transporter := raft.NewHTTPTransporter("/cluster", 0)
 	transporter.Transport.MaxIdleConnsPerHost = 1024
-	glog.V(1).Infof("Starting RaftServer with IP:%v:", httpAddr)
+	glog.V(0).Infof("Starting RaftServer with %v", httpAddr)
 
 	// Clear old cluster configurations if peers are changed
 	if oldPeers, changed := isPeersChanged(s.dataDir, httpAddr, s.peers); changed {
@@ -69,31 +63,13 @@ func NewRaftServer(r *mux.Router, peers []string, httpAddr string, dataDir strin
 	s.raftServer.SetElectionTimeout(time.Duration(pulseSeconds) * 500 * time.Millisecond)
 	s.raftServer.Start()
 
-	s.router.HandleFunc("/cluster/join", s.joinHandler).Methods("POST")
 	s.router.HandleFunc("/cluster/status", s.statusHandler).Methods("GET")
 
-	if len(s.peers) > 0 {
-		// Join to leader if specified.
-		for {
-			glog.V(0).Infoln("Joining cluster:", strings.Join(s.peers, ","))
-			time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Intn(1000)) * time.Millisecond)
-			firstJoinError := s.Join(s.peers)
-			if firstJoinError != nil {
-				glog.V(0).Infoln("No existing server found. Starting as leader in the new cluster.")
-				_, err := s.raftServer.Do(&raft.DefaultJoinCommand{
-					Name:             s.raftServer.Name(),
-					ConnectionString: "http://" + s.httpAddr,
-				})
-				if err != nil {
-					glog.V(0).Infoln(err)
-				} else {
-					break
-				}
-			} else {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	} else if s.raftServer.IsLogEmpty() {
+	for _, peer := range s.peers {
+		s.raftServer.AddPeer(peer, "http://"+peer)
+	}
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	if s.raftServer.IsLogEmpty() {
 		// Initialize the server by joining itself.
 		glog.V(0).Infoln("Initializing new cluster")
 
@@ -106,11 +82,10 @@ func NewRaftServer(r *mux.Router, peers []string, httpAddr string, dataDir strin
 			glog.V(0).Infoln(err)
 			return nil
 		}
-
-	} else {
-		glog.V(0).Infoln("Old conf,log,snapshot should have been removed.")
 	}
 
+	glog.V(0).Infof("current cluster leader: %v", s.raftServer.Leader())
+
 	return s
 }
 
@@ -151,69 +126,3 @@ func isPeersChanged(dir string, self string, peers []string) (oldPeers []string,
 	return oldPeers, !reflect.DeepEqual(peers, oldPeers)
 
 }
-
-// Join joins an existing cluster.
-func (s *RaftServer) Join(peers []string) error {
-	command := &raft.DefaultJoinCommand{
-		Name:             s.raftServer.Name(),
-		ConnectionString: "http://" + s.httpAddr,
-	}
-
-	var err error
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	json.NewEncoder(&b).Encode(command)
-	for _, m := range peers {
-		if m == s.httpAddr {
-			continue
-		}
-		target := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/cluster/join", strings.TrimSpace(m))
-		glog.V(0).Infoln("Attempting to connect to:", target)
-
-		err = postFollowingOneRedirect(target, "application/json", b)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.V(0).Infoln("Post returned error: ", err.Error())
-			if _, ok := err.(*url.Error); ok {
-				// If we receive a network error try the next member
-				continue
-			}
-		} else {
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	return errors.New("Could not connect to any cluster peers")
-}
-
-// a workaround because http POST following redirection misses request body
-func postFollowingOneRedirect(target string, contentType string, b bytes.Buffer) error {
-	backupReader := bytes.NewReader(b.Bytes())
-	resp, err := http.Post(target, contentType, &b)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	statusCode := resp.StatusCode
-	data, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	reply := string(data)
-
-	if strings.HasPrefix(reply, "\"http") {
-		urlStr := reply[1 : len(reply)-1]
-
-		glog.V(0).Infoln("Post redirected to ", urlStr)
-		resp2, err2 := http.Post(urlStr, contentType, backupReader)
-		if err2 != nil {
-			return err2
-		}
-		defer resp2.Body.Close()
-		data, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(resp2.Body)
-		statusCode = resp2.StatusCode
-	}
-
-	glog.V(0).Infoln("Post returned status: ", statusCode, string(data))
-	if statusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return errors.New(string(data))
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}