Is helix possible to support etcd or consul?

[shuitai]

Currently helix is based on zookeeper, is it possible to support other components such as etcd or consul, because they are more more lightweight.

[desaikomal]

We are working on abstraction layer and you can implement etcd/consul based functionality. This is work-in-progress from Helix team at LinkedIn. thanks

[desaikomal]

@xyuanlu - would you share the Metaclient design link ?
We can also close this issue as we are already working on it.

[shuitai]

@desaikomal thanks for your reply, @xyuanlu please share design link, thanks!

[shuitai]

@xyuanlu please share design link, thanks!

[shuitai]

Hi! any updates?

[junkaixue]

@shuitai Would like to clarify that even it is generic client. We will have all APIs ready but not have the implementation.

Also that client is just for metadata read/write client, it is not fully replaced the usage in Helix as now. If you are looking for short term usage, unfortunately, the answer is no...