diff --git a/source/server/dnode/inc/dnodeMain.h b/source/server/dnode/inc/dnodeMain.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 TAOS Data, Inc. <jhtao@taosdata.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can use, redistribute, and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3
+ * or later ("AGPL"), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TD_DNODE_MAIN_H_
+#define _TD_DNODE_MAIN_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+#include "dnodeInt.h"
+
+typedef enum {
+  TD_RUN_STAT_INIT,
+  TD_RUN_STAT_RUNNING,
+  TD_RUN_STAT_STOPPED
+} RunStat;
+
+typedef struct DnMain {
+  Dnode *      dnode;
+  RunStat      runStatus;
+  void *       dnodeTimer;
+  SStartupStep startup;
+} DnMain;
+
+int32_t dnodeInitMain(Dnode *dnode, DnMain **main);
+void    dnodeCleanupMain(DnMain **main);
+int32_t dnodeInitStorage(Dnode *dnode, void **unused);
+void    dnodeCleanupStorage(void **unused);
+void    dnodeReportStartup(Dnode *dnode, char *name, char *desc);
+void    dnodeReportStartupFinished(Dnode *dnode, char *name, char *desc);
+void    dnodeProcessStartupReq(Dnode *dnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg);
+void    dnodeProcessCreateMnodeReq(Dnode *dnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg);
+void    dnodeProcessConfigDnodeReq(Dnode *dnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /*_TD_DNODE_MAIN_H_*/
diff --git a/source/server/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c b/source/server/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 TAOS Data, Inc. <jhtao@taosdata.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can use, redistribute, and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3
+ * or later ("AGPL"), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
+#include "os.h"
+#include "tcache.h"
+#include "tconfig.h"
+#include "tfs.h"
+#include "tnote.h"
+#include "tscompression.h"
+#include "ttimer.h"
+#include "dnodeCfg.h"
+#include "dnodeMain.h"
+#include "mnode.h"
+
+static int32_t dnodeCreateDir(const char *dir) {
+  if (mkdir(dir, 0755) != 0 && errno != EEXIST) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static void dnodeCheckDataDirOpenned(char *dir) {
+  char filepath[256] = {0};
+  snprintf(filepath, sizeof(filepath), "%s/.running", dir);
+
+  int32_t fd = open(filepath, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    dError("failed to open lock file:%s, reason: %s, quit", filepath, strerror(errno));
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
+  int32_t ret = flock(fd, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB);
+  if (ret != 0) {
+    dError("failed to lock file:%s ret:%d since %s, database may be running, quit", filepath, ret, strerror(errno));
+    close(fd);
+    exit(0);
+  }
+}
+
+int32_t dnodeInitMain(Dnode *dnode, DnMain **out) {
+  DnMain* main = calloc(1, sizeof(DnMain));
+  if (main == NULL) return -1;
+
+  main->dnode = dnode;
+  main->runStatus = TD_RUN_STAT_STOPPED;
+  main->dnodeTimer = taosTmrInit(100, 200, 60000, "DND-TMR");
+  if (main->dnodeTimer == NULL) {
+    dError("failed to init dnode timer");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  *out = main;
+
+  tscEmbedded = 1;
+  taosIgnSIGPIPE();
+  taosBlockSIGPIPE();
+  taosResolveCRC();
+  taosInitGlobalCfg();
+  taosReadGlobalLogCfg();
+  taosSetCoreDump();
+
+  if (dnodeCreateDir(tsLogDir) < 0) {
+   printf("failed to create dir: %s, reason: %s\n", tsLogDir, strerror(errno));
+   return -1;
+  }
+
+  char temp[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN];
+  sprintf(temp, "%s/taosdlog", tsLogDir);
+  if (taosInitLog(temp, tsNumOfLogLines, 1) < 0) {
+    printf("failed to init log file\n");
+  }
+
+  if (!taosReadGlobalCfg()) {
+    taosPrintGlobalCfg();
+    dError("TDengine read global config failed");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  dInfo("start to initialize TDengine");
+
+  taosInitNotes();
+
+  return taosCheckGlobalCfg();
+}
+
+void dnodeCleanupMain(DnMain **out) {
+  DnMain *main = *out;
+  *out = NULL;
+
+  if (main->dnodeTimer != NULL) {
+    taosTmrCleanUp(main->dnodeTimer);
+    main->dnodeTimer = NULL;
+  }
+
+  taos_cleanup();
+  taosCloseLog();
+  taosStopCacheRefreshWorker();
+
+  free(main);
+}
+
+int32_t dnodeInitStorage(Dnode *dnode, void **m) {
+#ifdef TD_TSZ
+  // compress module init
+  tsCompressInit();
+#endif
+
+  // storage module init
+  if (tsDiskCfgNum == 1 && dnodeCreateDir(tsDataDir) < 0) {
+    dError("failed to create dir:%s since %s", tsDataDir, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (tfsInit(tsDiskCfg, tsDiskCfgNum) < 0) {
+    dError("failed to init TFS since %s", tstrerror(terrno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+  strncpy(tsDataDir, TFS_PRIMARY_PATH(), TSDB_FILENAME_LEN);
+  sprintf(tsMnodeDir, "%s/mnode", tsDataDir);
+  sprintf(tsVnodeDir, "%s/vnode", tsDataDir);
+  sprintf(tsDnodeDir, "%s/dnode", tsDataDir);
+
+  if (dnodeCreateDir(tsMnodeDir) < 0) {
+    dError("failed to create dir:%s since %s", tsMnodeDir, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (dnodeCreateDir(tsDnodeDir) < 0) {
+    dError("failed to create dir:%s since %s", tsDnodeDir, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (tfsMkdir("vnode") < 0) {
+    dError("failed to create vnode dir since %s", tstrerror(terrno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (tfsMkdir("vnode_bak") < 0) {
+    dError("failed to create vnode_bak dir since %s", tstrerror(terrno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  TDIR *tdir = tfsOpendir("vnode_bak/.staging");
+  bool  stagingNotEmpty = tfsReaddir(tdir) != NULL;
+  tfsClosedir(tdir);
+
+  if (stagingNotEmpty) {
+    dError("vnode_bak/.staging dir not empty, fix it first.");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (tfsMkdir("vnode_bak/.staging") < 0) {
+    dError("failed to create vnode_bak/.staging dir since %s", tstrerror(terrno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  dnodeCheckDataDirOpenned(tsDnodeDir);
+
+  taosGetDisk();
+  taosPrintDiskInfo();
+
+  dInfo("dnode storage is initialized at %s", tsDnodeDir);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void dnodeCleanupStorage(void **m) {
+  // storage destroy
+  tfsDestroy();
+
+ #ifdef TD_TSZ
+  // compress destroy
+  tsCompressExit();
+ #endif
+}
+
+void dnodeReportStartup(Dnode *dnode, char *name, char *desc) {
+  SStartupStep *startup = &dnode->main->startup;
+  tstrncpy(startup->name, name, strlen(startup->name));
+  tstrncpy(startup->desc, desc, strlen(startup->desc));
+  startup->finished = 0;
+}
+
+void dnodeReportStartupFinished(Dnode *dnode, char *name, char *desc) {
+  SStartupStep *startup = &dnode->main->startup;
+  tstrncpy(startup->name, name, strlen(startup->name));
+  tstrncpy(startup->desc, desc, strlen(startup->desc));
+  startup->finished = 1;
+}
+
+void dnodeProcessStartupReq(Dnode *dnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
+  dInfo("startup msg is received, cont:%s", (char *)pMsg->pCont);
+
+  SStartupStep *pStep = rpcMallocCont(sizeof(SStartupStep));
+  memcpy(pStep, &dnode->main->startup, sizeof(SStartupStep));
+
+  dDebug("startup msg is sent, step:%s desc:%s finished:%d", pStep->name, pStep->desc, pStep->finished);
+
+  SRpcMsg rpcRsp = {.handle = pMsg->handle, .pCont = pStep, .contLen = sizeof(SStartupStep)};
+  rpcSendResponse(&rpcRsp);
+  rpcFreeCont(pMsg->pCont);
+}
+
+static int32_t dnodeStartMnode(Dnode *dnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
+  SCreateMnodeMsg *pCfg = pMsg->pCont;
+  pCfg->dnodeId = htonl(pCfg->dnodeId);
+  if (pCfg->dnodeId != dnodeGetDnodeId(dnode->cfg)) {
+    dDebug("dnode:%d, in create meps msg is not equal with saved dnodeId:%d", pCfg->dnodeId,
+           dnodeGetDnodeId(dnode->cfg));
+    return TSDB_CODE_MND_DNODE_ID_NOT_CONFIGURED;
+  }
+
+  if (strcmp(pCfg->dnodeEp, tsLocalEp) != 0) {
+    dDebug("dnodeEp:%s, in create meps msg is not equal with saved dnodeEp:%s", pCfg->dnodeEp, tsLocalEp);
+    return TSDB_CODE_MND_DNODE_EP_NOT_CONFIGURED;
+  }
+
+  dDebug("dnode:%d, create meps msg is received from mnodes, numOfMnodes:%d", pCfg->dnodeId, pCfg->mnodes.mnodeNum);
+  for (int32_t i = 0; i < pCfg->mnodes.mnodeNum; ++i) {
+    pCfg->mnodes.mnodeInfos[i].mnodeId = htonl(pCfg->mnodes.mnodeInfos[i].mnodeId);
+    dDebug("meps index:%d, meps:%d:%s", i, pCfg->mnodes.mnodeInfos[i].mnodeId, pCfg->mnodes.mnodeInfos[i].mnodeEp);
+  }
+
+  if (mnodeIsServing(dnode->mnode)) return 0;
+
+  return mnodeDeploy(dnode->mnode, &pCfg->mnodes);
+}
+
+void dnodeProcessCreateMnodeReq(Dnode *dnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
+  int32_t code = dnodeStartMnode(dnode, pMsg);
+
+  SRpcMsg rspMsg = {.handle = pMsg->handle, .pCont = NULL, .contLen = 0, .code = code};
+
+  rpcSendResponse(&rspMsg);
+  rpcFreeCont(pMsg->pCont);
+}
+
+void dnodeProcessConfigDnodeReq(Dnode *dnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
+  SCfgDnodeMsg *pCfg = pMsg->pCont;
+
+  int32_t code = taosCfgDynamicOptions(pCfg->config);
+
+  SRpcMsg rspMsg = {.handle = pMsg->handle, .pCont = NULL, .contLen = 0, .code = code};
+
+  rpcSendResponse(&rspMsg);
+  rpcFreeCont(pMsg->pCont);
+}
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