Rails - Apr 2006 - mongrel_cluster 0.1: easy mongrel clustering

Hi y''all;

A quick note to announce the release of mongrel_cluster, a gem_plugin  
for Mongrel. This plugin provides commands for managing multiple  
Mongrel processes behind a reverse-proxy server and load balancer.

To install:
gem install mongrel_cluster

Configure (use -h to options):
mongrel_rails cluster::configure

Start:
mongrel_rails cluster::start

I''ve posted a quick how-to on my blog:
http://fluxura.com/articles/2006/04/24/easy-mongrel-clustering-with- 
mongrel_cluster

This is the first of many open source releases to support simplified  
Ruby on Rails application deployment and is an extraction from my  
work on Rails Machine. Stay tuned for Capistrano tasks, rc scripts,  
and other good stuff. Give it a try and let me know how it works.

Thanks,
Bradley Taylor

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On Apr 24, 2006, at 8:49 AM, bradley taylor wrote:
> Hi y''all;
>
> A quick note to announce the release of mongrel_cluster, a  
> gem_plugin for Mongrel. This plugin provides commands for managing  
> multiple Mongrel processes behind a reverse-proxy server and load  
> balancer.
>
> To install:
> gem install mongrel_cluster
>
> Configure (use -h to options):
> mongrel_rails cluster::configure
>
> Start:
> mongrel_rails cluster::start
>
> I''ve posted a quick how-to on my blog:
> http://fluxura.com/articles/2006/04/24/easy-mongrel-clustering-with- 
> mongrel_cluster
>
> This is the first of many open source releases to support  
> simplified Ruby on Rails application deployment and is an  
> extraction from my work on Rails Machine. Stay tuned for Capistrano  
> tasks, rc scripts, and other good stuff. Give it a try and let me  
> know how it works.
>
> Thanks,
> Bradley Taylor
>
> ------
> Rails Machine
> Simplified web application deployment
> http://railsmachine.com
>
> Questions on Ruby on Rails deployment? Stop by:
> http://railsmachine.campfirenow.com/ff0c6
>
Very nice Bradley. Thanks!

-Ezra

Nice one Bradley!

This seems to get around the problems I was having with mongrel +
capistrano where a new deployment and symlink update was not picked up
by the mongrel processes (they were keeping the old symlink target on
restart)

All I had to do was change in mongrel_cluster.yml
<snip>
cwd: /path/to/application/releases/20060411090306
</snip>
which was automatically inserted by cluster::configure, to
<snip>
cwd: /path/to/application/current
</snip>

That''s just from my preliminary testing so let me know if I''ve
missed
something, but failing any major problems this is going into
production!

Many thanks,
Dan

On Apr 26, 2006, at 1:43 AM, Dan Sketcher wrote:
> Nice one Bradley!
Thanks!
> This seems to get around the problems I was having with mongrel +
> capistrano where a new deployment and symlink update was not picked up
> by the mongrel processes (they were keeping the old symlink target on
> restart)
>
> All I had to do was change in mongrel_cluster.yml
> <snip>
> cwd: /path/to/application/releases/20060411090306
> </snip>
> which was automatically inserted by cluster::configure, to
> <snip>
> cwd: /path/to/application/current
> </snip>
I''ve found a few bugs with respect to use with Capistrano and I  
should have fixes shortly. The next release, mongrel_cluster 0.2,  
will fix the bugs and add a Capistrano task library. Thanks for  
trying it out!

Regards,
Bradley Taylor
------
Rails Machine
Simplified web application deployment
http://railsmachine.com

On 4/27/06, bradley taylor <bradley@railsmachine.com>
wrote:
> I''ve found a few bugs with respect to use with Capistrano and I
> should have fixes shortly. The next release, mongrel_cluster 0.2,
> will fix the bugs and add a Capistrano task library. Thanks for
> trying it out!
I used it last night to deploy mongrel into production for one of my
sites. I documented the process last night and although I am not the
best capistrano user out there you might want to have a look at the
tasks I wrote.
http://www.dansketcher.com/2006/04/26/capistrano-mongrel-and-mongrel_cluster/
To be honest though, it was an absolute piece of cake thanks to your work.

Cheers,
Dan