cpu-cluster

Turn a server into a CPU bound cluster.

features:

• create one child process per CPU core
• share network ports
• auto respawn when a child process dies
• expose cluster object for low level event handlers

Installation

$ npm install cpu-cluster

Usage

const cpuCluster = require('cpu-cluster')
const http = require('http')
 
const cluster = cpuCluster(function () {
  http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
    res.end('hello world')
  }).listen(8080)
})
 
cluster.on('connection', function (worker, addr) {
  console.log('Worker listening on ${addr.address}:${addr.port}')
})

API

cpu-cluster(opts?, server)

Create a cluster where each server is started as a separate process. Takes the following options:

• n: amount of child process to start. Defaults to the number of CPU cores available on the machine.
• timeout: timeout after a child process exits and a new process is started. Defaults to 100ms.

See Also

• api/cluster

License

MIT