# Sample verbose configuration file for Pitchfork # Use at least one worker per core if you're on a dedicated server, # more will usually help for _short_ waits on databases/caches. worker_processes 4 # listen on both a Unix domain socket and a TCP port, # we use a shorter backlog for quicker failover when busy listen "/path/to/.pitchfork.sock", :backlog => 64 listen 8080, :tcp_nopush => true # nuke workers after 30 seconds instead of 60 seconds (the default) timeout 30 # Enable this flag to have pitchfork test client connections by writing the # beginning of the HTTP headers before calling the application. This # prevents calling the application for connections that have disconnected # while queued. This is only guaranteed to detect clients on the same # host pitchfork runs on, and unlikely to detect disconnects even on a # fast LAN. check_client_connection false # local variable to guard against running a hook multiple times run_once = true before_fork do |server, worker| # the following is highly recommended for Rails # as there's no need for the master process to hold a connection defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) and ActiveRecord::Base.connection.disconnect! # Occasionally, it may be necessary to run non-idempotent code in the # master before forking. Keep in mind the above disconnect! example # is idempotent and does not need a guard. if run_once # do_something_once_here ... run_once = false # prevent from firing again end # The following is only recommended for memory/DB-constrained # installations. It is not needed if your system can house # twice as many worker_processes as you have configured. # # # This allows a new master process to incrementally # # phase out the old master process with SIGTTOU to avoid a # # thundering herd # # when doing a transparent upgrade. The last worker spawned # # will then kill off the old master process with a SIGQUIT. # old_pid = "#{server.config[:pid]}.oldbin" # if old_pid != server.pid # begin # sig = (worker.nr + 1) >= server.worker_processes ? :QUIT : :TTOU # Process.kill(sig, File.read(old_pid).to_i) # rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::ESRCH # end # end # # Throttle the master from forking too quickly by sleeping. Due # to the implementation of standard Unix signal handlers, this # helps (but does not completely) prevent identical, repeated signals # from being lost when the receiving process is busy. # sleep 1 end after_fork do |server, worker| # per-process listener ports for debugging/admin/migrations # addr = "127.0.0.1:#{9293 + worker.nr}" # server.listen(addr, :tries => -1, :delay => 5, :tcp_nopush => true) # the following is *required* for Rails defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) and ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection # You may also want to check and # restart any other shared sockets/descriptors such as Memcached, # and Redis. end