* made number of unicorn worker processes configurable

* made configuration loader indepenent of rails
* corrected mismatch between example and default config (server.db/server.database)

Changelog.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 * Last post link isn't displayed anymore if there are no visible posts [#3750](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/3750)
 * Ported tag followings to backbone [#3713](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/3713)
 * Extracted configuration system to a gem.
+* Made number of unicorn workers configurable.
+* Made loading of the configuration environment independent of Rails.
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
 * Validate input on sending invitations, validate email format, send correct ones. [#3748](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/3748), [#3271](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/3271)
 * moved Aspects JS initializer to the correct place so aspect selection / deselection works again [#3737] (https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/3737)
 * Do not strip "markdown" in links when posting to services [#3765](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/3765)
+* Renamed `server.db` to `server.database` to match the example configuration.
 
 # 0.0.2.0
 

config/defaults.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ defaults:
   server:
     port: 3000
     rails_environment: 'development'
-    db: 'mysql'
+    database: 'mysql'
+    unicorn_worker: 2
     embed_resque_worker: false
     resque_workers: 1
   privacy:

config/diaspora.yml.example

@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ configuration: ## Section
     ## The database type the server should use by default.
     ## Valid choices are 'mysql' and 'postgres'
     #database: 'mysql'
-      
+    
+    ## Number of unicorn worker processes, increase this if
+    ## you have many users
+    #unicorn_worker: 2
+    
     ## Embed a resque worker inside the unicorn process, useful for
     ## minimal Heroku setups
     #embed_resque_worker: true

config/load_config.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-require Rails.root.join('lib', 'configuration_methods')
+require 'configurate'
 
-config_dir = Rails.root.join("config")
+rails_root = Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname.join('..').expand_path
+rails_env = ENV['RACK_ENV']
+rails_env ||= ENV['RAILS_ENV']
+rails_env ||= 'development'
+
+require rails_root.join('lib', 'configuration_methods')
+
+config_dir = rails_root.join("config")
 
 if File.exists?(config_dir.join("application.yml"))
   $stderr.puts "ATTENTION: There's a new configuration system, please remove your"
@@ -12,7 +19,7 @@ AppConfig ||= Configurate::Settings.create do
   add_provider Configurate::Provider::Dynamic
   add_provider Configurate::Provider::Env
   
-  unless heroku? || Rails.env == "test" || File.exists?(config_dir.join("diaspora.yml"))
+  unless heroku? || rails_env == "test" || File.exists?(config_dir.join("diaspora.yml"))
     $stderr.puts "FATAL: Configuration not found. Copy over diaspora.yml.example"
     $stderr.puts "       to diaspora.yml and edit it to your needs."
     Process.exit(1)
@@ -20,20 +27,20 @@ AppConfig ||= Configurate::Settings.create do
   
   add_provider Configurate::Provider::YAML,
                config_dir.join("diaspora.yml"),
-               namespace: Rails.env, required: false
+               namespace: rails_env, required: false
   add_provider Configurate::Provider::YAML,
                config_dir.join("diaspora.yml"),
                namespace: "configuration", required: false
   add_provider Configurate::Provider::YAML,
                config_dir.join("defaults.yml"),
-               namespace: Rails.env
+               namespace: rails_env
   add_provider Configurate::Provider::YAML,
                config_dir.join("defaults.yml"),
                namespace: "defaults"
   
   extend Configuration::Methods
   
-  if Rails.env == "production"  && (environment.certificate_authorities.blank? || !File.file?(environment.certificate_authorities.get))
+  if rails_env == "production"  && (environment.certificate_authorities.blank? || !File.file?(environment.certificate_authorities.get))
     $stderr.puts "FATAL: Diaspora doesn't know where your certificate authorities are. Please ensure they are set to a valid path in diaspora.yml"
     Process.exit(1)
   end

config/unicorn.rb

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 rails_env = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'development'
 
+require 'pathname'
+require Pathname.new(__FILE__).expand_path.dirname.join('load_config')
+
 # Enable and set these to run the worker as a different user/group
 #user  = 'diaspora'
 #group = 'diaspora'
 
-worker_processes 1
+worker_processes AppConfig.server.unicorn_worker.to_i
 
 ## Load the app before spawning workers
 preload_app true

script/server

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fi
 os=`uname -s`
 eval $(bundle exec ruby ./script/get_config.rb \
   port=server.port \
-  db=server.db \
+  db=server.database \
   workers=server.resque_workers \
   single_process_mode=environment.single_process_mode?
   embed_resque_worker=server.embed_resque_worker