puma 3.12.1 → 5.3.2

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@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
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data/README.md

@@ -1,45 +1,56 @@
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="http://puma.io/images/logos/puma-logo-large.png">
+  <img src="https://puma.io/images/logos/puma-logo-large.png">
 </p>
 
 # Puma: A Ruby Web Server Built For Concurrency
 
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-Puma is a **simple, fast, threaded, and highly concurrent HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby/Rack applications** in development and production.
+Puma is a **simple, fast, multi-threaded, and highly concurrent HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby/Rack applications**.
 
 ## Built For Speed &amp; Concurrency
 
-Under the hood, Puma processes requests using a C-optimized Ragel extension (inherited from Mongrel) that provides fast, accurate HTTP 1.1 protocol parsing in a portable way. Puma then serves the request in a thread from an internal thread pool. Since each request is served in a separate thread, truly concurrent Ruby implementations (JRuby, Rubinius) will use all available CPU cores.
+Puma processes requests using a C-optimized Ragel extension (inherited from Mongrel) that provides fast, accurate HTTP 1.1 protocol parsing in a portable way. Puma then serves the request using a thread pool. Each request is served in a separate thread, so truly concurrent Ruby implementations (JRuby, Rubinius) will use all available CPU cores.
 
-Puma was designed to be the go-to server for [Rubinius](http://rubini.us), but also works well with JRuby and MRI.
+Originally designed as a server for [Rubinius](https://github.com/rubinius/rubinius), Puma also works well with Ruby (MRI) and JRuby.
 
-On MRI, there is a Global VM Lock (GVL) that ensures only one thread can run Ruby code at a time. But if you're doing a lot of blocking IO (such as HTTP calls to external APIs like Twitter), Puma still improves MRI's throughput by allowing blocking IO to be run concurrently.
+On MRI, there is a Global VM Lock (GVL) that ensures only one thread can run Ruby code at a time. But if you're doing a lot of blocking IO (such as HTTP calls to external APIs like Twitter), Puma still improves MRI's throughput by allowing IO waiting to be done in parallel.
 
 ## Quick Start
 
 ```
 $ gem install puma
-$ puma <any rackup (*.ru) file>
-```  
+$ puma
+```
+
+Without arguments, puma will look for a rackup (.ru) file in
+working directory called `config.ru`.
+
+## SSL Connection Support
+
+Puma will install/compile with support for ssl sockets, assuming OpenSSL
+development files are installed on the system.
+
+If the system does not have OpenSSL development files installed, Puma will
+install/compile, but it will not allow ssl connections.
 
 ## Frameworks
 
 ### Rails
 
-Puma is the default server for Rails, and should already be included in your Gemfile.
+Puma is the default server for Rails, included in the generated Gemfile.
 
-Then start your server with the `rails` command:
+Start your server with the `rails` command:
 
 ```
-$ rails s
+$ rails server
 ```
 
-Many configuration options are not available when using `rails s`. It is recommended that you use Puma's executable instead:
+Many configuration options and Puma features are not available when using `rails server`. It is recommended that you use Puma's executable instead:
 
 ```
 $ bundle exec puma
@@ -53,16 +64,29 @@ You can run your Sinatra application with Puma from the command line like this:
 $ ruby app.rb -s Puma
 ```
 
-Or you can configure your application to always use Puma:
+In order to actually configure Puma using a config file, like `puma.rb`, however, you need to use the `puma` executable. To do this, you must add a rackup file to your Sinatra app:
 
 ```ruby
-require 'sinatra'
-configure { set :server, :puma }
+# config.ru
+require './app'
+run Sinatra::Application
+```
+
+You can then start your application using:
+
+```
+$ bundle exec puma
 ```
 
 ## Configuration
 
-Puma provides numerous options. Consult `puma -h` (or `puma --help`) for a full list of CLI options, or see [dsl.rb](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/dsl.rb).
+Puma provides numerous options. Consult `puma -h` (or `puma --help`) for a full list of CLI options, or see `Puma::DSL` or [dsl.rb](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/dsl.rb).
+
+You can also find several configuration examples as part of the
+[test](https://github.com/puma/puma/tree/master/test/config) suite.
+
+For debugging purposes, you can set the environment variable `PUMA_LOG_CONFIG` with a value
+and the loaded configuration will be printed as part of the boot process.
 
 ### Thread Pool
 
@@ -72,9 +96,9 @@ Puma uses a thread pool. You can set the minimum and maximum number of threads t
 $ puma -t 8:32
 ```
 
-Puma will automatically scale the number of threads, from the minimum until it caps out at the maximum, based on how much traffic is present. The current default is `0:16`. Feel free to experiment, but be careful not to set the number of maximum threads to a large number, as you may exhaust resources on the system (or hit resource limits).
+Puma will automatically scale the number of threads, from the minimum until it caps out at the maximum, based on how much traffic is present. The current default is `0:16` and on MRI is `0:5`. Feel free to experiment, but be careful not to set the number of maximum threads to a large number, as you may exhaust resources on the system (or cause contention for the Global VM Lock, when using MRI).
 
-Be aware that additionally Puma creates threads on its own for internal purposes (e.g. handling slow clients). So even if you specify -t 1:1, expect around 7 threads created in your application.
+Be aware that additionally Puma creates threads on its own for internal purposes (e.g. handling slow clients). So, even if you specify -t 1:1, expect around 7 threads created in your application.
 
 ### Clustered mode
 
@@ -84,9 +108,9 @@ Puma also offers "clustered mode". Clustered mode `fork`s workers from a master
 $ puma -t 8:32 -w 3
 ```
 
-Note that threads are still used in clustered mode, and the `-t` thread flag setting is per worker, so `-w 2 -t 16:16` will spawn 32 threads in total.
+Note that threads are still used in clustered mode, and the `-t` thread flag setting is per worker, so `-w 2 -t 16:16` will spawn 32 threads in total, with 16 in each worker process.
 
-In clustered mode, Puma may "preload" your application. This loads all the application code *prior* to forking. Preloading reduces total memory usage of your application via an operating system feature called [copy-on-write](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write) (Ruby 2.0+ only). Use the `--preload` flag from the command line:
+In clustered mode, Puma can "preload" your application. This loads all the application code *prior* to forking. Preloading reduces total memory usage of your application via an operating system feature called [copy-on-write](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy-on-write) (Ruby 2.0+ only). Use the `--preload` flag from the command line:
 
 ```
 $ puma -w 3 --preload
@@ -111,40 +135,42 @@ end
 
 This code can be used to setup the process before booting the application, allowing
 you to do some Puma-specific things that you don't want to embed in your application.
-For instance, you could fire a log notification that a worker booted or send something to statsd.
-This can be called multiple times.
+For instance, you could fire a log notification that a worker booted or send something to statsd. This can be called multiple times.
 
-If you're preloading your application and using ActiveRecord, it's recommended that you setup your connection pool here:
+`before_fork` specifies a block to be run before workers are forked:
 
 ```ruby
 # config/puma.rb
-on_worker_boot do
-  ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
-    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
-  end
+before_fork do
+  # configuration here
 end
 ```
 
-On top of that, you can specify a block in your configuration file that will be run before workers are forked:
+Preloading can’t be used with phased restart, since phased restart kills and restarts workers one-by-one, and `preload_app!` copies the code of master into the workers.
+
+### Error handling
+
+If puma encounters an error outside of the context of your application, it will respond with a 500 and a simple
+textual error message (see `Puma::Server#lowlevel_error` or [server.rb](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/server.rb)).
+You can specify custom behavior for this scenario. For example, you can report the error to your third-party
+error-tracking service (in this example, [rollbar](https://rollbar.com)):
 
 ```ruby
-# config/puma.rb
-before_fork do
-  # configuration here
+lowlevel_error_handler do |e|
+  Rollbar.critical(e)
+  [500, {}, ["An error has occurred, and engineers have been informed. Please reload the page. If you continue to have problems, contact support@example.com\n"]]
 end
 ```
 
-Preloading can’t be used with phased restart, since phased restart kills and restarts workers one-by-one, and preload_app copies the code of master into the workers.
-
 ### Binding TCP / Sockets
 
-In contrast to many other server configs which require multiple flags, Puma simply uses one URI parameter with the `-b` (or `--bind`) flag:
+Bind Puma to a socket with the `-b` (or `--bind`) flag:
 
 ```
 $ puma -b tcp://127.0.0.1:9292
 ```
 
-Want to use UNIX Sockets instead of TCP (which can provide a 5-10% performance boost)?
+To use a UNIX Socket instead of TCP:
 
 ```
 $ puma -b unix:///var/run/puma.sock
@@ -157,30 +183,61 @@ $ puma -b 'unix:///var/run/puma.sock?umask=0111'
 ```
 
 Need a bit of security? Use SSL sockets:
+
 ```
 $ puma -b 'ssl://127.0.0.1:9292?key=path_to_key&cert=path_to_cert'
 ```
+
 #### Controlling SSL Cipher Suites
-Need to use or avoid specific SSL cipher suites? Use ssl_cipher_filter or ssl_cipher_list options.
-#####Ruby:
+
+To use or avoid specific SSL cipher suites, use `ssl_cipher_filter` or `ssl_cipher_list` options.
+
+##### Ruby:
+
 ```
 $ puma -b 'ssl://127.0.0.1:9292?key=path_to_key&cert=path_to_cert&ssl_cipher_filter=!aNULL:AES+SHA'
 ```
-#####JRuby:
+
+##### JRuby:
+
 ```
 $ puma -b 'ssl://127.0.0.1:9292?keystore=path_to_keystore&keystore-pass=keystore_password&ssl_cipher_list=TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA'
 ```
-See https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/apps/ciphers.html for cipher filter format and full list of cipher suites.
+
+See https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1/man1/ciphers.html for cipher filter format and full list of cipher suites.
+
+Disable TLS v1 with the `no_tlsv1` option:
+
+```
+$ puma -b 'ssl://127.0.0.1:9292?key=path_to_key&cert=path_to_cert&no_tlsv1=true'
+```
+
+#### Controlling OpenSSL Verification Flags
+
+To enable verification flags offered by OpenSSL, use `verification_flags` (not available for JRuby):
+
+```
+$ puma -b 'ssl://127.0.0.1:9292?key=path_to_key&cert=path_to_cert&verification_flags=PARTIAL_CHAIN'
+```
+
+You can also set multiple verification flags (by separating them with coma):
+
+```
+$ puma -b 'ssl://127.0.0.1:9292?key=path_to_key&cert=path_to_cert&verification_flags=PARTIAL_CHAIN,CRL_CHECK'
+```
+
+List of available flags: `USE_CHECK_TIME`, `CRL_CHECK`, `CRL_CHECK_ALL`, `IGNORE_CRITICAL`, `X509_STRICT`, `ALLOW_PROXY_CERTS`, `POLICY_CHECK`, `EXPLICIT_POLICY`, `INHIBIT_ANY`, `INHIBIT_MAP`, `NOTIFY_POLICY`, `EXTENDED_CRL_SUPPORT`, `USE_DELTAS`, `CHECK_SS_SIGNATURE`, `TRUSTED_FIRST`, `SUITEB_128_LOS_ONLY`, `SUITEB_192_LOS`, `SUITEB_128_LOS`, `PARTIAL_CHAIN`, `NO_ALT_CHAINS`, `NO_CHECK_TIME`
+(see https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set_hostflags.html#VERIFICATION-FLAGS).
 
 ### Control/Status Server
 
-Puma has a built-in status/control app that can be used to query and control Puma itself.
+Puma has a built-in status and control app that can be used to query and control Puma.
 
 ```
 $ puma --control-url tcp://127.0.0.1:9293 --control-token foo
 ```
 
-Puma will start the control server on localhost port 9293. All requests to the control server will need to include `token=foo` as a query parameter. This allows for simple authentication. Check out [status.rb](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/app/status.rb) to see what the app has available.
+Puma will start the control server on localhost port 9293. All requests to the control server will need to include control token (in this case, `token=foo`) as a query parameter. This allows for simple authentication. Check out `Puma::App::Status` or [status.rb](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/app/status.rb) to see what the status app has available.
 
 You can also interact with the control server via `pumactl`. This command will restart Puma:
 
@@ -192,13 +249,13 @@ To see a list of `pumactl` options, use `pumactl --help`.
 
 ### Configuration File
 
-You can also provide a configuration file which Puma will use with the `-C` (or `--config`) flag:
+You can also provide a configuration file with the `-C` (or `--config`) flag:
 
 ```
 $ puma -C /path/to/config
 ```
 
-If no configuration file is specified, Puma will look for a configuration file at `config/puma.rb`. If an environment is specified, either via the `-e` and `--environment` flags, or through the `RACK_ENV` environment variable, the default file location will be `config/puma/environment_name.rb`.
+If no configuration file is specified, Puma will look for a configuration file at `config/puma.rb`. If an environment is specified, either via the `-e` and `--environment` flags, or through the `RACK_ENV` or the `RAILS_ENV` environment variables, Puma first looks for configuration at `config/puma/<environment_name>.rb`, and then falls back to `config/puma.rb`.
 
 If you want to prevent Puma from looking for a configuration file in those locations, provide a dash as the argument to the `-C` (or `--config`) flag:
 
@@ -206,28 +263,31 @@ If you want to prevent Puma from looking for a configuration file in those locat
 $ puma -C "-"
 ```
 
-Take the following [sample configuration](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/examples/config.rb) as inspiration or check out [dsl.rb](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/dsl.rb) to see all available options.
+The other side-effects of setting the environment are whether to show stack traces (in `development` or `test`), and setting RACK_ENV may potentially affect middleware looking for this value to change their behavior. The default puma RACK_ENV value is `development`. You can see all config default values in `Puma::Configuration#puma_default_options` or [configuration.rb](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/61c6213fbab/lib/puma/configuration.rb#L182-L204).
+
+Check out `Puma::DSL` or [dsl.rb](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/dsl.rb) to see all available options.
 
 ## Restart
 
 Puma includes the ability to restart itself. When available (MRI, Rubinius, JRuby), Puma performs a "hot restart". This is the same functionality available in *Unicorn* and *NGINX* which keep the server sockets open between restarts. This makes sure that no pending requests are dropped while the restart is taking place.
 
-For more, see the [restart documentation](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/docs/restart.md).
+For more, see the [Restart documentation](docs/restart.md).
 
 ## Signals
 
-Puma responds to several signals. A detailed guide to using UNIX signals with Puma can be found in the [signals documentation](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/docs/signals.md).
+Puma responds to several signals. A detailed guide to using UNIX signals with Puma can be found in the [Signals documentation](docs/signals.md).
 
 ## Platform Constraints
 
 Some platforms do not support all Puma features.
 
   * **JRuby**, **Windows**: server sockets are not seamless on restart, they must be closed and reopened. These platforms have no way to pass descriptors into a new process that is exposed to Ruby. Also, cluster mode is not supported due to a lack of fork(2).
-  * **Windows**: daemon mode is not supported due to a lack of fork(2).
+  * **Windows**: Cluster mode is not supported due to a lack of fork(2).
+  * **Kubernetes**: The way Kubernetes handles pod shutdowns interacts poorly with server processes implementing graceful shutdown, like Puma. See the [kubernetes section of the documentation](docs/kubernetes.md) for more details.
 
 ## Known Bugs
 
-For MRI versions 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, 2.2.10 2.3.4 and 2.4.1, you may see ```stream closed in another thread (IOError)```. It may be caused by a [Ruby bug](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13632). It can be fixed with the gem https://rubygems.org/gems/stopgap_13632:
+For MRI versions 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, 2.2.10, 2.3.4 and 2.4.1, you may see ```stream closed in another thread (IOError)```. It may be caused by a [Ruby bug](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13632). It can be fixed with the gem https://rubygems.org/gems/stopgap_13632:
 
 ```ruby
 if %w(2.2.7 2.2.8 2.2.9 2.2.10 2.3.4 2.4.1).include? RUBY_VERSION
@@ -242,21 +302,32 @@ end
 
 Puma has support for Capistrano with an [external gem](https://github.com/seuros/capistrano-puma).
 
-It is common to use process monitors with Puma. Modern process monitors like systemd or upstart
+It is common to use process monitors with Puma. Modern process monitors like systemd or rc.d
 provide continuous monitoring and restarts for increased
 reliability in production environments:
 
-* [tools/jungle](https://github.com/puma/puma/tree/master/tools/jungle) for sysvinit (init.d) and upstart
-* [docs/systemd](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/docs/systemd.md)
+* [rc.d](docs/jungle/rc.d/README.md)
+* [systemd](docs/systemd.md)
 
-## Contributing
+Community guides: 
 
-To run the test suite:
+* [Deploying Puma on OpenBSD using relayd and httpd](https://gist.github.com/anon987654321/4532cf8d6c59c1f43ec8973faa031103)
 
-```bash
-$ bundle install
-$ bundle exec rake
-```
+## Community Extensions
+
+### Plugins
+
+* [puma-metrics](https://github.com/harmjanblok/puma-metrics) — export Puma metrics to Prometheus
+* [puma-plugin-statsd](https://github.com/yob/puma-plugin-statsd) — send Puma metrics to statsd
+* [puma-plugin-systemd](https://github.com/sj26/puma-plugin-systemd) — deeper integration with systemd for notify, status and watchdog
+
+### Monitoring
+
+* [puma-status](https://github.com/ylecuyer/puma-status) — Monitor CPU/Mem/Load of running puma instances from the CLI
+
+## Contributing
+
+Find details for contributing in the [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## License
 

data/bin/puma-wild

@@ -5,24 +5,18 @@
 
 require 'rubygems'
 
-gems = ARGV.shift
+cli_arg = ARGV.shift
 
 inc = ""
 
-if gems == "-I"
+if cli_arg == "-I"
   inc = ARGV.shift
   $LOAD_PATH.concat inc.split(":")
-  gems = ARGV.shift
-end
-
-gems.split(",").each do |s|
-  name, ver = s.split(":",2)
-  gem name, ver
 end
 
 module Puma; end
 
-Puma.const_set("WILD_ARGS", ["-I", inc, gems])
+Puma.const_set("WILD_ARGS", ["-I", inc])
 
 require 'puma/cli'
 

data/docs/architecture.md

@@ -2,35 +2,40 @@
 
 ## Overview
 
-![http://bit.ly/2iJuFky](images/puma-general-arch.png)
+![https://bit.ly/2iJuFky](images/puma-general-arch.png)
 
-Puma is a threaded web server, processing requests across a TCP or UNIX socket.
+Puma is a threaded Ruby HTTP application server, processing requests across a TCP or UNIX socket.
 
-Workers accept connections from the socket and a thread in the worker's thread pool processes the client's request.
 
-Clustered mode is shown/discussed here. Single mode is analogous to having a single worker process.
+Puma processes (there can be one or many) accept connections from the socket via a thread (in the [`Reactor`](../lib/puma/reactor.rb) class). The connection, once fully buffered and read, moves in to the `todo` list, where it will be picked up by a free/waiting thread in the threadpool (the [`ThreadPool`](../lib/puma/thread_pool.rb) class).
 
-## Connection pipeline
+Puma works in two main modes: cluster and single. In single mode, only one Puma process is booted. In cluster mode, a `master` process is booted, which prepares (and may boot) the application, and then uses the `fork()` system call to create 1 or more `child` processes. These `child` processes all listen to the same socket. The `master` process does not listen to the socket or process requests - its purpose is mostly to manage and listen for UNIX signals and possibly kill or boot `child` processes.
 
-![http://bit.ly/2zwzhEK](images/puma-connection-flow.png)
+We sometimes call `child` processes (or Puma processes in `single` mode) _workers_, and we sometimes call the threads created by Puma's [`ThreadPool`](../lib/puma/thread_pool.rb)  _worker threads_.
+
+## How Requests Work
+
+![https://bit.ly/2zwzhEK](images/puma-connection-flow.png)
 
 * Upon startup, Puma listens on a TCP or UNIX socket.
-  * The backlog of this socket is configured (with a default of 1024), determining how many established but unaccepted connections can exist concurrently.
-  * This socket backlog is distinct from the "backlog" of work as reported by the control server stats. The latter is the number of connections in that worker's "todo" set waiting for a worker thread.
-* By default, a single, separate thread is used to receive HTTP requests across the socket.
-  * When at least one worker thread is available for work, a connection is accepted and placed in this request buffer
-  * This thread waits for entire HTTP requests to be received over the connection
-  * Once received, the connection is pushed into the "todo" set
-* Worker threads pop work off the "todo" set for processing
-  * The thread processes the request via the rack application (which generates the HTTP response)
-  * The thread writes the response to the connection
-  * Finally, the thread become available to process another connection in the "todo" set
+  * The backlog of this socket is configured (with a default of 1024). This determines the size of the queue for unaccepted connections. Generally, this setting is unimportant and will never be hit in production use. If the backlog is full, the connection will be refused by the operating system.
+  * This socket backlog is distinct from the `backlog` of work as reported by `Puma.stats` or the control server. The backlog as reported by Puma is the number of connections in the process' `todo` set waiting for a thread from the [`ThreadPool`](../lib/puma/thread_pool.rb).
+* By default, a single, separate thread (created by the [`Reactor`](../lib/puma/reactor.rb) class) is used to read and buffer requests from the socket.
+  * When at least one worker thread is available for work, the reactor thread listens to the socket and accepts a request, if one is waiting.
+  * The reactor thread waits for the entire HTTP request to be received.
+    * The time spent waiting for the HTTP request body to be received is exposed to the Rack app as `env['puma.request_body_wait']` (milliseconds).
+  * Once fully buffered and received, the connection is pushed into the "todo" set.
+* Worker threads pop work off the "todo" set for processing.
+  * The worker thread processes the request via `call`ing the configured Rack application. The Rack application generates the HTTP response.
+  * The worker thread writes the response to the connection. Note that while Puma buffers requests via a separate thread, it does not use a separate thread for responses.
+  * Once done, the thread become available to process another connection in the "todo" set.
 
-### Disabling `queue_requests`
+### `queue_requests`
 
-![http://bit.ly/2zxCJ1Z](images/puma-connection-flow-no-reactor.png)
+![https://bit.ly/2zxCJ1Z](images/puma-connection-flow-no-reactor.png)
 
-The `queue_requests` option is `true` by default, enabling the separate thread used to buffer requests as described above.
+The `queue_requests` option is `true` by default, enabling the separate reactor thread used to buffer requests as described above.
 
 If set to `false`, this buffer will not be used for connections while waiting for the request to arrive.
+
 In this mode, when a connection is accepted, it is added to the "todo" queue immediately, and a worker will synchronously do any waiting necessary to read the HTTP request from the socket.