== Mongrel Cluster Plugin

Tool to help start/stop/restart multiple mongrel servers to use behind a load balancer like Pound, Pen or Balance. This plugin adds an option to specify a number of Mongrel servers to launch, a range of ports, and a configuration file for the cluster. Use "-h" to see command syntax.

Configure cluster and write configuration file:
mongrel_rails cluster::configure  

Start cluster:
mongrel_rails cluster::start

Restart cluster:
mongrel_rails cluster::restart

Stop cluster:
mongrel_rails cluster::stop


Capistrano Recipe

Add to deploy.rb:
require 'mongrel_cluster/recipes'

Example usage:
cap -a configure_mongrel_cluster

Variables
mongrel_servers: Number of Mongrel servers to start.
mongrel_port: Starting port to bind to.
mongrel_address: Address to bind to.
mongrel_environment: Rails environment to run as.
mongrel_config: Path to config file.
use_sudo: Whether or not tasks that can use sudo, ought to use sudo. Capistrano defaults to true.

Tasks (performed on :app role)
configure_mongrel_cluster: Configure the cluster with variables. Uses sudo if use_sudo is true.
start_mongrel_cluster: Start Mongrel processes on the app server. Uses sudo if use_sudo is true.
stop_mongrel_cluster: Stop the Mongrel processes on the app server. Uses sudo if use_sudo is true.
restart_mongrel_cluster: Restart the Mongrel processes on the app server. Uses sudo if use_sudo is true.
restart: Calls restart_mongrel_cluster to allow Mongrel to be used with the standard Capistrano deploy task.
spinner: Calls start_mongrel_cluster to allow Mongrel to be used with the standard Capistrano cold_deploy task.