Re: [ANN] Unicorn: UNIX+localhost/LAN-only Mongrel fork

[Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Feb 23, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Eric Wong wrote:

> Eric Wong <normalperson-rMlxZR9MS24@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Eric Wong <normalperson-rMlxZR9MS24@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>> 	Seems to work as advertised so far, cool stuff ;) One  
>>>> suggestion, folks
>>>> are pretty standardized on rack and config.ru files these days.  
>>>> I'd much
>>>> rather see unicorn look for a APP_ROOT/config.ru to load as its  
>>>> config
>>>> file rather then the eval that returns a hash style it uses now.
>>>
>>> Ezra, thanks for testing and feedback.  Good point about config.ru,
>>> I'll try to make that change hopefully today to make it easier to
>>> migrate from existing Rack apps.
>>
>> I just pushed out the following changes.
>>
>>  * revamp configuration with Configurator DSL
>>  * Replace unicorn binary with something rackup-like
>>  * GNUMakefile: revamp for parallel 1.8/1.9 runs
>>  * test_exec: fix for temporary files not being cleaned
>>  * Fix+test reexec error handling on bad inputs
>
> <snip>
>
>> Basically the latest push includes config.ru compatibility and new  
>> test
>> cases in test/exec/test_exec.rb for binary reexecution, listener
>> inheritance, and reloading config files (even bad ones).
>>
>> This new config stuff is completely untested for any real apps and  
>> I'll
>> need to update the examples soonish.  But the new test cases pass in
>> both 1.9.1 and 1.8.7, which is a good sign.
>
> Help...
>
> I'm basically a very confused person and I'm having trouble deciding  
> on
> how/if config.ru should deal with the config file for Unicorn-specific
> settings.  Or if the Unicorn-specific config file should be allowed to
> specify/override config.ru...
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
>
> -- 
> Eric Wong


Eric-

	I'd say just make a small dsl or just  configuration object for  
unicorn options and let people use the dsl/object in their config.ru  
files.  Since config.ru is just ruby you can put any ruby code in  
there. Have folks put their unicron config code right at the top of  
config.ru. Will that work?

Cheers-
-Ezra