rainbows(1)

NAME

rainbows - rackup-like command to launch Rainbows!

SYNOPSIS

rainbows [-c CONFIG_FILE] [-E RACK_ENV] [-D] [RACKUP_FILE]

DESCRIPTION

A rackup(1)-like command to launch Rack applications using Rainbows!. It is expected to be started in your application root (APP_ROOT), but the “working_directory” directive may be used in the CONFIG_FILE.

While Rainbows! takes a myriad of command-line options for compatibility with ruby(1) and rackup(1), it is recommended to stick to the few command-line options specified in the SYNOPSIS and use the CONFIG_FILE as much as possible.

RACKUP FILE

This defaults to "config.ru" in APP_ROOT. It should be the same file used by rackup(1) and other Rack launchers, it uses the Rack::Builder DSL.

Embedded command-line options are mostly parsed for compatibility with rackup(1) but strongly discouraged.

UNICORN OPTIONS

-c, --config-file CONFIG_FILE
    Path to the Unicorn-specific config file. The config file is implemented as a Ruby DSL, so Ruby code may executed. See the RDoc/ri for the Unicorn::Configurator class for the full list of directives available from the DSL.

-D, --daemonize
    Run daemonized in the background. The process is detached from the controlling terminal and stdin is redirected to “/dev/null”. Unlike many common UNIX daemons, we do not chdir to "/" upon daemonization to allow more control over the startup/upgrade process. Unless specified in the CONFIG_FILE, stderr and stdout will also be redirected to “/dev/null”.

-E, --env RACK_ENV
    Run under the given RACK_ENV. See the RACK ENVIRONMENT section for more details.

-l, --listen ADDRESS
    Listens on a given ADDRESS. ADDRESS may be in the form of HOST:PORT or PATH, HOST:PORT is taken to mean a TCP socket and PATH is meant to be a path to a UNIX domain socket. Defaults to “0.0.0.0:8080” (all addresses on TCP port 8080) For production deployments, specifying the “listen” directive in CONFIG_FILE is recommended as it allows fine-tuning of socket options.

RACKUP COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS

-o, --host HOST
    Listen on a TCP socket belonging to HOST, default is “0.0.0.0” (all addresses). If specified multiple times on the command-line, only the last-specified value takes effect. This option only exists for compatibility with the rackup(1) command, use of “-l”/“--listen” switch is recommended instead.

-p, --port PORT
    Listen on the specified TCP PORT, default is 8080. If specified multiple times on the command-line, only the last-specified value takes effect. This option only exists for compatibility with the rackup(1) command, use of “-l”/“--listen” switch is recommended instead.

-s, --server SERVER
    No-op, this exists only for compatibility with rackup(1).

RUBY OPTIONS

-e, --eval LINE
    Evaluate a LINE of Ruby code. This evaluation happens immediately as the command-line is being parsed.

-d, --debug
    Turn on debug mode, the $DEBUG variable is set to true.

-w, --warn
    Turn on verbose warnings, the $VERBOSE variable is set to true.

-I, --include PATH
    specify $LOAD_PATH. PATH will be prepended to $LOAD_PATH. The ':' character may be used to delimit multiple directories. This directive may be used more than once. Modifications to $LOAD_PATH take place immediately and in the order they were specified on the command-line.

-r, --require LIBRARY
    require a specified LIBRARY before executing the application. The "require" statement will be executed immediately and in the order they were specified on the command-line.

SIGNALS

The following UNIX signals may be sent to the master process:

•   HUP - reload config file, app, and gracefully restart all workers

•   INT/TERM - quick shutdown, kills all workers immediately

•   QUIT - graceful shutdown, waits for workers to finish their current request before finishing.

•   USR1 - reopen all logs owned by the master and all workers See Unicorn::Util.reopen_logs for what is considered a log.

•   USR2 - reexecute the running binary. A separate QUIT should be sent to the original process once the child is verified to be up and running.

•   WINCH - gracefully stops workers but keep the master running. This will only work for daemonized processes.

•   TTIN - increment the number of worker processes by one

•   TTOU - decrement the number of worker processes by one

See the SIGNALS (http://rainbows.rubyforge.org/SIGNALS.html) document for full description of all signals used by Rainbows!.

RACK ENVIRONMENT

Accepted values of RACK_ENV and the middleware they automatically load (outside of RACKUP_FILE) are exactly as those in rackup(1):

•   development - loads Rack::CommonLogger, Rack::ShowExceptions, and Rack::Lint middleware

•   deployment - loads Rack::CommonLogger middleware

•   none - loads no middleware at all, relying entirely on RACKUP_FILE

All unrecognized values for RACK_ENV are assumed to be “none”. Production deployments are strongly encouraged to use “deployment” or “none” for maximum performance.

Note that the Rack::ContentLength and Rack::Chunked middlewares are never loaded by default. If needed, they should be individually specified in the RACKUP_FILE, some frameworks do not require them.

SEE ALSO

•   unicorn(1)

•   Rack::Builder ri/RDoc

•   Unicorn::Configurator ri/RDoc

•   Rainbows! RDoc (http://rainbows.rubyforge.org/)

•   Rack RDoc (http://rack.rubyforge.org/doc/)

•   Rackup HowTo (http://wiki.github.com/rack/rack/tutorial-rackup-howto)

AUTHOR
Rainbows! Hackers <rainbows-talk@rubyforge.org>