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authorChad Ingram <matrix9180@gmail.com>2017-01-17 23:37:28 -0500
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Update ActionCable guide to better describe SubscriptionAdapter configuration.
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@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to(
```
The `WebNotificationsChannel.broadcast_to` call places a message in the current
-subscription adapter (by default `redis` for production and `async` for development and
-test environments)'s pubsub queue under a separate broadcasting name for each user.
+subscription adapter (by default `redis` for production and `async` for development and
+test environments)'s pubsub queue under a separate broadcasting name for each user.
For a user with an ID of 1, the broadcasting name would be `web_notifications:1`.
The channel has been instructed to stream everything that arrives at
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ Action Cable has two required configurations: a subscription adapter and allowed
### Subscription Adapter
By default, Action Cable looks for a configuration file in `config/cable.yml`.
-The file must specify an adapter and a URL for each Rails environment. See the
+The file must specify an adapter for each Rails environment. See the
[Dependencies](#dependencies) section for additional information on adapters.
```yaml
@@ -543,7 +543,26 @@ test:
production:
adapter: redis
url: redis://10.10.3.153:6381
+ channel_prefix: appname_production
```
+#### Adapter Configuration
+
+##### Async Adapter
+
+The async adapter is intended for development/testing and should not be used in production.
+
+##### Redis Adapter
+
+The Redis & Evented Redis adapters require a url pointing to the Redis server. Additionally,
+a channel_prefix may be provided to avoid channel name collisions when using the same Redis server.
+server for multiple applications. See the [Redis PubSub documentation](https://redis.io/topics/pubsub#database-amp-scoping) for more details.
+
+See the
+[Dependencies](#dependencies) section for additional information on adapters.
+
+##### PostgreSQL adapter
+
+The postgres adapter will use the ActiveRecord connection pool for it's connection. This may change in the future. [#27214](https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/27214)
### Allowed Request Origins