https://github.com/gwatts/manners
And Mailgun's fork that supports passing file descriptors between processes:
https://github.com/mailgun/manners
The 'manners' package only enables graceful shutdown in a HTTP server, there is still work to be done to restart it gracefully, that's what I'm trying to show in the article.
That's why I've added missing methods here:
Getting files from listener:
https://github.com/mailgun/manners/blob/master/listener.go#L...
Starting server with external listener:
https://github.com/mailgun/manners/blob/master/server.go#L87
It's used to restart Vulcand without downtime:
https://github.com/mailgun/vulcand/blob/master/service/servi...
Let's collaborate on this as a library if you are interested
The 'manners' package only enables graceful shutdown in a HTTP server, there is still work to be done to restart it gracefully, that's what I'm trying to show in the article.