Function NewLeaderElector

tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go:76–103

NewLeaderElector creates a LeaderElector from a LeaderElectionConfig

(lec LeaderElectionConfig)

// NewLeaderElector creates a LeaderElector from a LeaderElectionConfig
func NewLeaderElector(lec LeaderElectionConfig) (*LeaderElector, error) {
	if lec.LeaseDuration <= lec.RenewDeadline {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("leaseDuration must be greater than renewDeadline")
	}
	if lec.RenewDeadline <= time.Duration(JitterFactor*float64(lec.RetryPeriod)) {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("renewDeadline must be greater than retryPeriod*JitterFactor")
	}
	if lec.LeaseDuration < 1 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("leaseDuration must be greater than zero")
	}
	if lec.RenewDeadline < 1 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("renewDeadline must be greater than zero")
	}
	if lec.RetryPeriod < 1 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("retryPeriod must be greater than zero")
	}

	if lec.Lock == nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Lock must not be nil.")
	}
	le := LeaderElector{
		config:  lec,
		clock:   clock.RealClock{},
		metrics: globalMetricsFactory.newLeaderMetrics(),
	}
	le.metrics.leaderOff(le.config.Name)
	return &le, nil
}

type LeaderElectionConfig struct {
	// Lock is the resource that will be used for locking