Distributed-Systems-Bully-Algorithm

Bully algorithm simulation

• Extract/Copy the Executables folder into your local storage. Make sure you have installed java 11 on your pc.
• Move into the Executables folder and open a command line window on that folder.
• Run following command (1).
  • java -jar Distributed_Systems_Project_18-2.0.8.jar --file="inputs/input1.txt"
    • There are 4 inputs in the inputs folder.
    • Input1.txt, input2.txt, input3.txt, original_input.txt
    • Change the name according to the input file you want to run in the above command - - file tag.
• Then open the frontend folder.
• Double-click on the "frontend.html" file. This will start the distributed system and you will be able to see log output on the console window that you run the command (1)
  • Make sure port 8887 is free on your system.
• On your browser window you will see visual representation of the distributed system.
• You should see a distributed system as a graph as in following figures. (You can zoom in and out as necessary to see PIDs and NODE NAMES.)

How to read the front-end visualization

Leader Election Visualization

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