---
name: "quorum_overview"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "libquorum-dev"
version: "2.4.2-3+deb9u1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/quorum_overview"
---

# quorum\_overview(8)

Quorum Library Overview

## NAME

quorum\_overview - Quorum Library Overview

## OVERVIEW

The quorum library is delivered with the corosync project. It is the external interface to the quorum service. This service is loaded into all nodes in a corosync cluster and track the quorum status of a node. In order for quorum service to be useful, a quorum provider must be configured.

The library provides a mechanism to:

\* Query the quorum status

\* Receive notifications of quorum state changes

## BUGS

No known bugs at the time of writing. The authors are from outerspace. Deal with it.

## SEE ALSO

[**corosync-quorumtool**(8)](/man/corosync-quorumtool/8.md), [**corosync.conf**(5)](/man/corosync.conf/5.md), [**votequorum**(5)](/man/votequorum/5.md), [**quorum\_initialize**(3)](/man/quorum_initialize/3.md), [**quorum\_finalize**(3)](/man/quorum_finalize/3.md), [**quorum\_getquorate**(3)](/man/quorum_getquorate/3.md), [**quorum\_trackstart**(3)](/man/quorum_trackstart/3.md), [**quorum\_trackstop**(3)](/man/quorum_trackstop/3.md), [**quorum\_fd\_get**(3)](/man/quorum_fd_get/3.md), [**quorum\_dispatch**(3)](/man/quorum_dispatch/3.md), [**quorum\_context\_set**(3)](/man/quorum_context_set/3.md), [**quorum\_context\_get**(3)](/man/quorum_context_get/3.md)