116 sats \ 2 replies \ @031ef7d322 18 Aug \ parent \ on: Highly available Lightning node cluster setup guide lightning
I would guess it’s more common for application developers to reach for a tool more specific to the use case, like etcd, zookeeper, or consul.
You’re right that LND could potentially use advisory locks, which might make sense to eliminate an entire dependency when postgres is used as the backend.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/explicit-locking.html#ADVISORY-LOCKS
Relevant issue from 2022:
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/6894