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# Creating and updating a cluster layout
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The cluster layout in Garage is a table that assigns to each node a role in
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the cluster. The role of a node in Garage can either be a storage node with
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a certain capacity, or a gateway node that does not store data and is only
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used as an API entry point for faster cluster access.
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An introduction to building cluster layouts can be found in the [production deployment](/cookbook/real_world.md) page.
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## How cluster layouts work in Garage
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In Garage, a cluster layout is composed of the following components:
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- a table of roles assigned to nodes
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- a version number
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Garage nodes will always use the cluster layout with the highest version number.
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Garage nodes also maintain and synchronize between them a set of proposed role
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changes that haven't yet been applied. These changes will be applied (or
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canceled) in the next version of the layout
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The following commands insert modifications to the set of proposed role changes
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for the next layout version (but they do not create the new layout immediately):
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```bash
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garage layout assign [...]
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garage layout remove [...]
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```
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The following command can be used to inspect the layout that is currently set in the cluster
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and the changes proposed for the next layout version, if any:
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```bash
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garage layout show
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```
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The following commands create a new layout with the specified version number,
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that either takes into account the proposed changes or cancels them:
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```bash
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garage layout apply --version <new_version_number>
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garage layout revert --version <new_version_number>
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```
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The version number of the new layout to create must be 1 + the version number
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of the previous layout that existed in the cluster. The `apply` and `revert`
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commands will fail otherwise.
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## Warnings about Garage cluster layout management
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**Warning: never make several calls to `garage layout apply` or `garage layout
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revert` with the same value of the `--version` flag. Doing so can lead to the
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creation of several different layouts with the same version number, in which
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case your Garage cluster will become inconsistent until fixed.** If a call to
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`garage layout apply` or `garage layout revert` has failed and `garage layout
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show` indicates that a new layout with the given version number has not been
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set in the cluster, then it is fine to call the command again with the same
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version number.
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If you are using the `garage` CLI by typing individual commands in your
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shell, you shouldn't have much issues as long as you run commands one after
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the other and take care of checking the output of `garage layout show`
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before applying any changes.
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If you are using the `garage` CLI to script layout changes, follow the following recommendations:
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- Make all of your `garage` CLI calls to the same RPC host. Do not use the
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`garage` CLI to connect to individual nodes to send them each a piece of the
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layout changes you are making, as the changes propagate asynchronously
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between nodes and might not all be taken into account at the time when the
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new layout is applied.
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- **Only call `garage layout apply` once**, and call it **strictly after** all
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of the `layout assign` and `layout remove` commands have returned.
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