Please consult the following link for more in-depth information about selected topics:
- AWS EC2 example at http://dockr.ly/2FFelyT
- The Raft Consensus Algorithm at https://raft.github.io/
- The Gossip Protocol at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol
- VXLAN and Linux at https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2017-vxlan-linux