To start a node:
- navigate to nodes folder
- start consul
- start node

to start node :
go run main.go [id] [port] [sharedPort]

id: this should be unique amongst the nodes
port: the port this node will be listening on
sharedport: the port which all nodes use to communicate. This should be the same for all nodes

example : 
go run main.go 3 :5002 localhost:8500

to start consul : 
consul agent -dev
to end consul :
consul leave

A Note on the logs:
the logs are not automatically deleted
For ease of reading it is recommmended that you manually delete the logs before starting any nodes
This also applies to the file CriticalSection.txt

Starting the nodes in quick succesion is not recommended.