README in mongrel_cluster-0.1.1 vs README in mongrel_cluster-0.2.0
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== 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.
+Tool to help start/stop/restart multiple mongrel servers to use behind a load balancer like Apache 2.2 (mod_proxy_balancer), Lighttpd, 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:
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mongrel_rails cluster::restart
Stop cluster:
mongrel_rails cluster::stop
+*Capistrano Recipe*
-Capistrano Recipe
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-Add to deploy.rb:
+Add to config/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.
+mongrel_conf: Path to conf file. Defaults to /etc/mongrel_cluster/app_name.conf
+mongrel_user: User to run mongrels in cluster as. Unset by default
+mongrel_group: Group to run mongrels in cluster as. Unset by default.
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.
+configure_mongrel_cluster: Configure the cluster with variables.
+start_mongrel_cluster: Start Mongrel processes on the app server.
+stop_mongrel_cluster: Stop the Mongrel processes on the app server.
+restart_mongrel_cluster: Restart the Mongrel processes on the app server by starting and stopping mongrel_cluster.
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.
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+* Supporting starting clusters on boot. *
+1. Create mongrel_cluster conf directory (/etc/mongrel_cluster).
+2. Assign ownership to your capistrano user.
+3. Copy the init.d script from this gem's resouces directory /etc/init.d.
+4. chmod +x /etc/init.d/mongrel_cluster
+5. Add to init.d startup. On RHEL/CentOS use: /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 mongrel_cluster on