I've got following settings in deploy.rb to restart my server:
namespace :deploy do
task :restart do
run "if [ -f #{unicorn_pid} ] && [ -e /proc/$(cat #{unicorn_pid}) ]; then kill -USR2 \`cat #{unicorn_pid}\`; else cd #{deploy_to}/current && bundle exec unicorn -c #{unicorn_conf} - E #{rails_env} -D; fi"
end
end
but it doesn't work. I mean that command executes (it asks me the password and gives no errors), but all changes in config files are still ignored (i.e. number of worker processes or database settings).
Maybe this is because of the way unicorn restarts. Not every worker is restarted immediately. This is to make it possible to have zero downtime and loose no requests. If you want to see your changes for sure, try to stop and then start your application instead. I have had to do this some times. Of course you will potentially loose some request.
The following tasks is what I use for restarting, stopping, and starting my unicorn server.
desc "Zero-downtime restart of Unicorn"
task :restart, :except => { :no_release => true } do
run "kill -s USR2 `cat #{shared_path}/pids/unicorn.pid`"
end
desc "Start unicorn"
task :start, :except => { :no_release => true } do
run "cd #{current_path} ; bundle exec unicorn_rails -c config/unicorn.rb -D -E production"
end
desc "Stop unicorn"
task :stop, :except => { :no_release => true } do
run "kill -s QUIT `cat #{shared_path}/pids/unicorn.pid`"
end
Hope this helps you.
Maybe this article is of interest.
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Restarting Unicorn with USR2 doesn't seem to reload production.rb settings
Keep in mind that: your working directory in unicorn.rb should be : /your/cap/directory/current
NOT be: File.expand_path("../..", FILE)
Because the unicorn and linux soft link forking error: soft link can not work well.
You should give capistrano-unicorn a try, that's what I currently use with the default hooks mentioned below.
Setup
Add the library to your Gemfile
:
ruby
group :development do
gem 'capistrano-unicorn', :require => false
end
And load it into your deployment script config/deploy.rb
:
ruby
require 'capistrano-unicorn'
Add unicorn restart task hook:
ruby
after 'deploy:restart', 'unicorn:reload' # app IS NOT preloaded
after 'deploy:restart', 'unicorn:restart' # app preloaded
after 'deploy:restart', 'unicorn:duplicate' # before_fork hook implemented (zero downtime deployments)