Overview

Simple yet powerful wrapper over node.js cluster API. This module is inspired by impressive, but abandoned project Cluster created by TJ Holowaychuk.

Installation

$ npm install division

Running Tests

First go to module directory and install development dependencies:

$ npm install

Then you can test module typing:

$ npm test

Code coverage

To get code coverage results run:

$ npm run coverage

Reports are in coverage directory.

Features

The most valuable feature: you don't need to change your code to working within cluster.

Other features:

• works with node version ≥ 0.10
• compatible with io.js (all tests green)
• standalone (i.e. without 3rd-party dependencies)
• zero-downtime restart
• maintains worker count
• forceful shutdown support
• graceful shutdown support
• bundled extensions
  • debug: enable verbose debugging informations
  • watch: reload cluster when files was changed
  • signals: add ability to control cluster with POSIX signals

Examples

More examples you can find in examples directory.

Standard configuration example

var division = require('division');
var cluster = new division();

// Configuration for development environment
cluster.configure('development', function () {
  // Put your development configuration here
  cluster.set('args', ['--some-process-args', 'send-to-workers']);
});

// Configuration for production environment
cluster.configure('production', function () {
  // Put your production configuration here
  cluster.enable('silent');
});

// Configuration for all environments
// TIP: this is pointing to cluster
cluster.configure(function () {
  this.set('path', 'app.js');
});

// You can also set settings without configuration block
cluster.set('size', 2);

// Use extensions
// TIP: You can chain (almost) all methods
cluster.use('debug').use('signals');

// Start your application as a cluster!
cluster.run(function () {
  // `this` is pointing to the Master instance
});

You can set environment while launching application - in this way:

$ NODE_ENV=production node cluster.js

Minimal configuration example

var division = require('division');
// You can pass settings in constructor
var cluster = new division({ path : 'app.js' });

cluster.run();

API Reference

For API reference take a look at docs directory.