Patent attributes
Adding a computing node to a distributed computing system. A method includes executing a binary, for nodes of the distributed computing system, at the computing node. A public node is identified as a result of executing the binary. Various characteristics of the computing node are identified as a result of executing the binary. The various characteristics are provided to the public node. The computing node receives from the public node a registration confirmation packet comprising information identifying a category from among a plurality of categories of the distributed computing system. The identified category is identified for the computing node based on the identified characteristics of the computing node, and based on the health of the identified category. The computing node is connected to the distributed computing system by the computing node connecting to the identified category.

