Simba(Distributed Mutex)
August 18, 2026 · View on GitHub
Introduction
Simba aims to provide easy-to-use and flexible distributed lock services and supports multiple storage implementations: relational databases, Redis, and Zookeeper.
Installation
Gradle
Kotlin DSL
implementation("me.ahoo.simba:simba-spring-boot-starter:${simbaVersion}")
Maven
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0</version>
<relativePath/>
</parent>
<artifactId>demo</artifactId>
<properties>
<simba.version>simbaVersion</simba.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>me.ahoo.simba</groupId>
<artifactId>simba-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>${simba.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
The starter provides Simba auto-configuration only. Add exactly one complete backend dependency set below; the backend infrastructure is still required.
application.yaml
simba:
jdbc:
enabled: true
# redis:
# enabled: true
spring:
datasource:
url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/simba_db
username: root
password: root
Optional-1: JdbcMutexContendService

Kotlin DSL
implementation("me.ahoo.simba:simba-jdbc:${simbaVersion}")
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc")
runtimeOnly("com.mysql:mysql-connector-j")
Maven
<dependency>
<groupId>me.ahoo.simba</groupId>
<artifactId>simba-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${simba.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
create table simba_mutex
(
mutex varchar(66) not null primary key comment 'mutex name',
acquired_at bigint unsigned not null,
ttl_at bigint unsigned not null,
transition_at bigint unsigned not null,
owner_id varchar(128) not null,
version int unsigned not null
);
Optional-2: RedisMutexContendService
Kotlin DSL
implementation("me.ahoo.simba:simba-spring-redis:${simbaVersion}")
implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-redis")
Maven
<dependency>
<groupId>me.ahoo.simba</groupId>
<artifactId>simba-spring-redis</artifactId>
<version>${simba.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-redis</artifactId>
</dependency>
Optional-3: ZookeeperMutexContendService
Kotlin DSL
implementation("me.ahoo.simba:simba-zookeeper:${simbaVersion}")
Maven
<dependency>
<groupId>me.ahoo.simba</groupId>
<artifactId>simba-zookeeper</artifactId>
<version>${simba.version}</version>
</dependency>
Also register a managed CuratorFramework bean as shown in the Quick Start.
Examples
Usage
MutexContender
MutexContendService contendService = contendServiceFactory.createMutexContendService(new AbstractMutexContender(mutex) {
@Override
public void onAcquired(MutexState mutexState) {
log.info("onAcquired");
}
@Override
public void onReleased(MutexState mutexState) {
log.info("onReleased");
}
});
contendService.start();
try {
// Use the mutex-protected service.
} finally {
contendService.stop();
}
SimbaLocker
try (Locker locker = new SimbaLocker("mutex-locker", this.mutexContendServiceFactory)) {
locker.acquire(Duration.ofSeconds(1));
/**
* doSomething
*/
} catch (Exception e) {
log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
}
Scheduler
public class ExampleScheduler extends AbstractScheduler implements SmartLifecycle {
public ExampleScheduler(MutexContendServiceFactory contendServiceFactory) {
super("example-scheduler", contendServiceFactory);
}
@Override
protected String getWorker() {
return "ExampleScheduler";
}
@Override
protected ScheduleConfig getConfig() {
return ScheduleConfig.delay(Duration.ofSeconds(0), Duration.ofSeconds(10));
}
@Override
protected void work() {
if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
log.info("do some work!");
}
}
}