prameshbhattarai/distributed-caching

Embedded distributed caching with in multiple servers

Distributed Caching with Groupcache

Description

Embedded distributed caching within multiple servers using the groupcache library.

Setup

Install Golang

To set up the development environment, ensure that you have Go installed. You can download and install Go from the official Go website.

Deployment

Starting the Application

To start the application, use the following command:

make start

Stopping the Application

To stop the application and free up the used ports, use the following command:

make stop

Clean the build files

To clear all build files, use the following command:

make clean

Testing

Fetching Data and Caching

You can test the caching mechanism using curl commands.

First Request (Fetch from DB and Cache)

curl --location 'http://localhost:8081?key=apple'

This is the first request, so the data will be fetched from the database, store it in the cache, and then returned in the response.

Subsequent Requests (Fetch from Cache)

curl --location 'http://localhost:8082?key=apple'
curl --location 'http://localhost:8083?key=apple'
curl --location 'http://localhost:8084?key=apple'

These requests will return the response from the cache, provided the cache has not expired.