Squashed commit of the following:

commit 2f7565976472f0f056db60520bf253a776112c10
Merge: 323ff67 6b87785
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 10 16:45:23 2024 -0400

    merge master

commit 323ff67badfc46ad638d75f059d60d9425ccb2fa
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 10 15:50:07 2024 -0400

    ci(server): Conainerize and add vncache server packages

commit 5d4192880654fd6e00e587814169415b42621327
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 9 19:13:21 2024 -0500

    chore: #2 Minor fixes and polish before release

commit a4b3504bb891829074d1efde0433eae010862181
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 9 16:30:44 2024 -0500

    package updates

commit 4d8cfc10382105b0acbd94df93ad3d05ff91db54
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 6 21:30:58 2024 -0500

    refactor: #2 Centralize server state, default discovery endpoints & more

commit 016a96a80cce025a86c6cf26707738f6a2eb2658
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 29 21:22:38 2024 -0500

    feat: add future support for memory diagnostics, and some docs

commit 456ead9bc8b0f61357bae93152ad0403c4940101
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 13 14:46:35 2024 -0500

    fix: #1 shared cluster index on linux & latested core updates

commit a481d63f964a5d5204cac2e95141f37f9a28d573
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 23 15:43:50 2024 -0500

    cache extension api tweaks

1 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions/src/VNCacheClusterClient.cs b/lib/VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions/src/VNCacheClusterClient.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..050e1a3
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+++ b/lib/VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions/src/VNCacheClusterClient.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2024 Vaughn Nugent
+* 
+* Library: VNLib
+* Package: VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions
+* File: VNCacheClusterClient.cs 
+*
+* VNCacheClusterClient.cs is part of VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions which is part of the larger 
+* VNLib collection of libraries and utilities.
+*
+* VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 
+* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as 
+* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+* License, or (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+* along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+*/
+
+using System;
+using System.Security;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using VNLib.Net.Messaging.FBM;
+using VNLib.Net.Messaging.FBM.Client;
+using VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions.Clustering;
+
+namespace VNLib.Data.Caching.Extensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Manages client connections to cluster nodes with discovery from <see cref="VNCacheClusterManager"/>
+    /// instance.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="config">The client configuration to use when discovering or connecting to cache nodes</param>
+    /// <param name="factory">The fbm client factory instance</param>
+    public class VNCacheClusterClient(CacheClientConfiguration config, FBMClientFactory factory)
+       : VNCacheClusterManager(config)
+    {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Connects to the specified server on the configured cache client
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="factory"></param>
+        /// <param name="server">The server to connect to</param>
+        /// <param name="token">A token to cancel the operation</param>
+        /// <returns>A task that resolves when the client is connected to the cache server</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="FBMException"></exception>
+        /// <exception cref="FBMServerNegiationException"></exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException"></exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"></exception>
+        /// <exception cref="SecurityException"></exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ObjectDisposedException"></exception>
+        public async Task<FBMClient> ConnectToCacheAsync(CacheNodeAdvertisment server, CancellationToken token = default)
+        {
+            ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(server);
+
+            FBMClient client = factory.CreateClient();
+
+            try
+            {
+                //Connect to server (no server id because client not replication server)
+                await client.ConnectToCacheAsync(server, config, token);
+                return client;
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                client.Dispose();
+                throw;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}