From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail-lf0-x22c.google.com (mail-lf0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FC1420954 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2017 02:34:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id x20so21516222lff.1 for ; Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:34:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=E6Rm90M1Oei+FOr7zEtTkzo0tsapg0WTaOsSBUsgL9s=; b=EAIPQcv689rJNbAxF+BfywmmICveW2RI9lVVfxfmfsYHKaU0ZOTlgE/rikKGxo6hYn vE4749UjFrCpJnV1xXr3/V/5wrbSiEmk9djxghtwM0oTiQA2lbzdmpfPUlXqOLtD+DFC m1TJ4XvN1YsyS4ra8YTfNoDSrFjnZBpuEclA9FFaEKiGEpCPbmDg+aGpDYQZKM4HiPk+ F7fbJbcWgzzjQj8QED6rWd3MijW7klOiB/bQBEiZlrn1hvCXqXsLfrbJGS57xvo116fE s2HXtLx6u66kruS8YLwPchRs2cFguuwXgKsgprRskKDxSPkpGfzM6+KyR5f+h6ndhBp9 p1Vw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=E6Rm90M1Oei+FOr7zEtTkzo0tsapg0WTaOsSBUsgL9s=; b=YljArWGl/CXMAzo01IkTnP4VPx6o3Peno6xyV+C0yEw/IMNLcvxbKaPIFCg/Rpu/t7 AdlsZY0K4n0cGKRqtSqj7SXTB133QK71pg+1QOzG+M69gTrO90bLSCTR9p6LcQa2TotH Mb9ttzmRB5nx+RWrartxx4Vm77R5wmoHtI5pA3JobCnbDDw7jmVKY0x9OTWhm+kRaY6R CvcSU5aGcQ7iU+L//RYX/mr0Yw9fqJQBvv8GcZ5jAiUpmaONELqDUHx6LkKX9wRH711a DPd40rP/WcDNLF/jtpbpSNuUpiN5TaN6avWxQZVs8wd/wvIFSxVWgr7l7uEP8xpkkF51 TuaA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX4HUaodB9t4N+Qw8/l/E1gW/0NarzZJjoIdp2Y3vfl8bpyLOPVA aB0bwPzKfKo8wLuXJHpMz0NlCGRbbw8xpPk5q/I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMbUIl3EgIUTZJy1iSFN6TVUjkvR/nuCIbiT3nNsCuiTOAEMpeI1V6+TU6+rM4k6ZGXFxGZWGetsbjdskmq9AlA= X-Received: by 10.46.65.203 with SMTP id d72mr9636520ljf.136.1512441254444; Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:34:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.80.2 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Dec 2017 18:33:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20171205015158.GA2540@starla> References: <20171205015158.GA2540@starla> From: Ben Somers Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 18:33:33 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Auto scaling workers with unicorn To: Eric Wong Cc: Sam Saffron , unicorn-public@bogomips.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" List-Id: On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Eric Wong wrote: > Also, digging through the archives, Ben Somers came up with > alicorn a while back and it might be up your alley: > > https://bogomips.org/unicorn-public/CAO1NZApo0TLJY2KgSg+Fjt1jEcuPfq=UCC0SCvvnuGDnr39w8w@mail.gmail.com/ AFAIK alicorn still works, but to my knowledge it stopped seeing production use by anyone a couple years ago (the team I wrote it for shut down, and I never heard of other production use). But it did do the job with no incidents for several years, and the API's managed carefully enough that it probably still works. At a minimum, it might be a helpful starting point if you want to write your own tool.