locky

Run a process accross multiple machines.

options

var worker = require('singleton-worker')('process name', {
  ttl: 5 * 1000,
  redis: {
    port: '6379',
    host: '127.0.01'
  }
});

• ttl: when process exits without releasing the lock, how much time to wait to release the lock
• redis: follows node-redis.createClient.

API

worker.lock();

Try to get a lock for this worker.

worker.release();

Release the lock for the current worker.

worker.end();

Stop (without releasing) worker redis connection. It's up to you to release the worker before end.

worker.on('lock');

Emitted when the worker managed to get the lock as a master.

worker.on('conflict');

Emitted when another worker already had the lock.

worker.on('release');

Emitted when the worker released his lock

worker.on('error');

inspiration

Most of the API design comes from twistedstream/singleton-process.