diff --git a/internal/allocator/allocator.go b/internal/allocator/allocator.go
index 9cd7e935d7..a1aec5d8a2 100644
--- a/internal/allocator/allocator.go
+++ b/internal/allocator/allocator.go
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ type Allocator struct {
 }
 
 func (ta *Allocator) Start() error {
-	err := ta.connectMaster()
+	connectMasterFn := func() error {
+		return ta.connectMaster()
+	}
+	err := Retry(10, time.Millisecond*200, connectMasterFn)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("connect to master failed")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/allocator/retry.go b/internal/allocator/retry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89ab43cd00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/allocator/retry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package allocator
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Reference: https://blog.cyeam.com/golang/2018/08/27/retry
+
+func RetryImpl(attempts int, sleep time.Duration, fn func() error, maxSleepTime time.Duration) error {
+	if err := fn(); err != nil {
+		if s, ok := err.(InterruptError); ok {
+			return s.error
+		}
+
+		if attempts--; attempts > 0 {
+			log.Printf("retry func error: %s. attempts #%d after %s.", err.Error(), attempts, sleep)
+			time.Sleep(sleep)
+			if sleep < maxSleepTime {
+				return RetryImpl(attempts, 2*sleep, fn, maxSleepTime)
+			}
+			return RetryImpl(attempts, maxSleepTime, fn, maxSleepTime)
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Retry(attempts int, sleep time.Duration, fn func() error) error {
+	maxSleepTime := time.Millisecond * 1000
+	return RetryImpl(attempts, sleep, fn, maxSleepTime)
+}
+
+type InterruptError struct {
+	error
+}
+
+func NoRetryError(err error) InterruptError {
+	return InterruptError{err}
+}
diff --git a/internal/indexbuilder/indexbuilder.go b/internal/indexbuilder/indexbuilder.go
index 4acfffc3d2..712d17ef80 100644
--- a/internal/indexbuilder/indexbuilder.go
+++ b/internal/indexbuilder/indexbuilder.go
@@ -54,34 +54,48 @@ func CreateBuilder(ctx context.Context) (*Builder, error) {
 		loopCancel: cancel,
 	}
 
-	etcdAddress := Params.EtcdAddress
-	etcdClient, err := clientv3.New(clientv3.Config{Endpoints: []string{etcdAddress}})
+	connectEtcdFn := func() error {
+		etcdAddress := Params.EtcdAddress
+		etcdClient, err := clientv3.New(clientv3.Config{Endpoints: []string{etcdAddress}})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		etcdKV := etcdkv.NewEtcdKV(etcdClient, Params.MetaRootPath)
+		metakv, err := NewMetaTable(etcdKV)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		b.metaTable = metakv
+		return nil
+	}
+	err := Retry(10, time.Millisecond*200, connectEtcdFn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	etcdKV := etcdkv.NewEtcdKV(etcdClient, Params.MetaRootPath)
-	metakv, err := NewMetaTable(etcdKV)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	b.metaTable = metakv
 
 	idAllocator, err := allocator.NewIDAllocator(b.loopCtx, Params.MasterAddress)
+	b.idAllocator = idAllocator
 
-	option := &miniokv.Option{
-		Address:           Params.MinIOAddress,
-		AccessKeyID:       Params.MinIOAccessKeyID,
-		SecretAccessKeyID: Params.MinIOSecretAccessKey,
-		UseSSL:            Params.MinIOUseSSL,
-		BucketName:        Params.MinioBucketName,
-		CreateBucket:      true,
+	connectMinIOFn := func() error {
+		option := &miniokv.Option{
+			Address:           Params.MinIOAddress,
+			AccessKeyID:       Params.MinIOAccessKeyID,
+			SecretAccessKeyID: Params.MinIOSecretAccessKey,
+			UseSSL:            Params.MinIOUseSSL,
+			BucketName:        Params.MinioBucketName,
+			CreateBucket:      true,
+		}
+
+		b.kv, err = miniokv.NewMinIOKV(b.loopCtx, option)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
 	}
-
-	b.kv, err = miniokv.NewMinIOKV(b.loopCtx, option)
+	err = Retry(10, time.Millisecond*200, connectMinIOFn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	b.idAllocator = idAllocator
 
 	b.sched, err = NewTaskScheduler(b.loopCtx, b.idAllocator, b.kv, b.metaTable)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/indexbuilder/retry.go b/internal/indexbuilder/retry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cf4c6ecf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/indexbuilder/retry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package indexbuilder
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Reference: https://blog.cyeam.com/golang/2018/08/27/retry
+
+func RetryImpl(attempts int, sleep time.Duration, fn func() error, maxSleepTime time.Duration) error {
+	if err := fn(); err != nil {
+		if s, ok := err.(InterruptError); ok {
+			return s.error
+		}
+
+		if attempts--; attempts > 0 {
+			log.Printf("retry func error: %s. attempts #%d after %s.", err.Error(), attempts, sleep)
+			time.Sleep(sleep)
+			if sleep < maxSleepTime {
+				return RetryImpl(attempts, 2*sleep, fn, maxSleepTime)
+			}
+			return RetryImpl(attempts, maxSleepTime, fn, maxSleepTime)
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Retry(attempts int, sleep time.Duration, fn func() error) error {
+	maxSleepTime := time.Millisecond * 1000
+	return RetryImpl(attempts, sleep, fn, maxSleepTime)
+}
+
+type InterruptError struct {
+	error
+}
+
+func NoRetryError(err error) InterruptError {
+	return InterruptError{err}
+}