Foreman
Procfile
alpha ./bin/alpha
bravo ./bin/bravo some args
charlie ./bin/charlie -n 5
Development mode
Running
Log files will be output to standard out, colorized to aid in visual separation.
$ foreman start
[01:27:08] [alpha] started with pid 4393
[01:27:08] [bravo] started with pid 4394
[01:27:08] [charlie] started with pid 4395
[01:27:08] [bravo] initializing...
[01:27:08] [bravo] complete
Using Screen
Launch the processes in a screen session in indivudal windows
$ foreman screen
Single Process Execution
$ foreman execute alpha
Exporting to Upstart
Export to upstart scripts
$ foreman export sampleapp
$ initctl list | grep sampleapp
sampleapp start/running
sampleapp-alpha (1) start/running, process 4204
sampleapp-bravo (1) start/running, process 4589
sampleapp-charlie (1) start/running, process 4597
Change process concurrency levels
$ foreman scale sampleapp alpha 4
sampleapp-alpha (2) start/running, process 4164
sampleapp-alpha (3) start/running, process 4166
sampleapp-alpha (4) start/running, process 4168
$ initctl list | grep sampleapp
sampleapp start/running
sampleapp-alpha (4) start/running, process 4168
sampleapp-alpha (3) start/running, process 4166
sampleapp-alpha (2) start/running, process 4164
sampleapp-alpha (1) start/running, process 4204
sampleapp-bravo (1) start/running, process 4589
sampleapp-charlie (1) start/running, process 4597
$ foreman scale sampleapp alpha 1
sampleapp-alpha stop/waiting
sampleapp-alpha stop/waiting
sampleapp-alpha stop/waiting
Good Upstart citizen
All Upstart commands work as expected
$ start sampleapp
$ stop sampleapp
$ restart sampleapp
Standardized Logging
/var/log/sampleapp/alpha.log
/var/log/sampleapp/bravo.log
/var/log/sampleapp/charlie.log
License
MIT
Copyright
© 2010 David Dollar