Day 1

we are going to build the register and stats API for the manager which will simulate a node in the network in multiple VMs on different machines. For that we have to allocate the IPs dynamically. To dynamically allocate a node IP and create nodes in a distributed system, you can adopt a strategy involving IP allocation pools, node registration, and metadata updates. Here's a step-by-step approach:

Dynamic IP Allocation

Approach:

• Use a pool of available IP addresses.

• Allocate an IP from the pool when a new node is created.

• Mark the IP as "used" in a metadata store (Redis/PostgreSQL).

• Release the IP when the node is deregistered or fails.

Code Example: IP Allocation

Using Redis for IP Pool Management