bind

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Overview

Package bind provides a convenient way to bind to sockets. It exposes a flag in the default flag set named "bind" which provides syntax to bind TCP and UNIX sockets. It also supports binding to arbitrary file descriptors passed by a parent (for instance, systemd), and for binding to Einhorn sockets (including Einhorn ACK support).

If the value passed to bind contains a colon, as in ":8000" or "127.0.0.1:9001", it will be treated as a TCP address. If it begins with a "/" or a ".", it will be treated as a path to a UNIX socket. If it begins with the string "fd@", as in "fd@3", it will be treated as a file descriptor (useful for use with systemd, for instance). If it begins with the string "einhorn@", as in "einhorn@0", the corresponding einhorn socket will be used.

If an option is not explicitly passed, the implementation will automatically select between using "einhorn@0", "fd@3", and ":8000", depending on whether Einhorn or systemd (or neither) is detected.

This package is a teensy bit magical, and goes out of its way to Do The Right Thing in many situations, including in both development and production. If you're looking for something less magical, you'd probably be better off just calling net.Listen() the old-fashioned way.

Index

• func Default() net.Listener
• func Ready()
• func Socket(bind string) net.Listener

Functions

func Default

func Default() net.Listener

Default parses and binds to the default socket as given to us by the flag module. If there was an error parsing or binding to that socket, Default will exit by calling `log.Fatal`.

func Ready

func Ready()

Ready notifies the environment (for now, just Einhorn) that the process is ready to receive traffic. Should be called at the last possible moment to maximize the chances that a faulty process exits before signaling that it's ready.

func Socket

func Socket(bind string) net.Listener

Socket parses and binds to the specified address. If Socket encounters an error while parsing or binding to the given socket it will exit by calling log.Fatal.