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Diffstat (limited to 'railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb b/railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb index 27c05ed5ce..b5b82c310f 100644 --- a/railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb +++ b/railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb @@ -77,19 +77,18 @@ ARGV.options do |opts| opts.on <<-EOF Description: - The reaper is used to reload, gracefully exit, and forcefully exit FCGI processes + The reaper is used to restart, reload, gracefully exit, and forcefully exit FCGI processes running a Rails Dispatcher. This is commonly done when a new version of the application is available, so the existing processes can be updated to use the latest code. The reaper actions are: + * restart : Restarts the application by reloading both application and framework code * reload : Only reloads the application, but not the framework (like the development environment) * graceful: Marks all of the processes for exit after the next request * kill : Forcefully exists all processes regardless of whether they're currently serving a request - Graceful exist is the most common and default action. But since the processes won't exist until after - their next request, it's often necessary to ensure that such a request occurs right after they've been - marked. That's what nudging is for. + Restart is the most common and default action. A nudge is simply a request to a URL where the dispatcher is serving. You should perform one nudge per FCGI process you have running if they're setup in a round-robin. Be sure to do one nudge per FCGI process |