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+app_dir = "/home/gitlab/gitlab/"
+worker_processes 2
+working_directory app_dir
+
+# Load app into the master before forking workers for super-fast
+# worker spawn times
+preload_app true
+
+# nuke workers after 60 seconds (the default)
+timeout 30
+
+# listen on a Unix domain socket and/or a TCP port,
+
+#listen 8080 # listen to port 8080 on all TCP interfaces
+#listen "127.0.0.1:8080"  # listen to port 8080 on the loopback interface
+listen "/tmp/gitlab.socket"
+
+pid "#{app_dir}/pids/unicorn.pid"
+stderr_path "#{app_dir}/log/unicorn.stderr.log"
+stdout_path "#{app_dir}/log/unicorn.stdout.log"
+
+# http://www.rubyenterpriseedition.com/faq.html#adapt_apps_for_cow
+if GC.respond_to?(:copy_on_write_friendly=)
+  GC.copy_on_write_friendly = true
+end
+
+
+before_fork do |server, worker|
+  # the following is highly recomended for Rails + "preload_app true"
+  # as there's no need for the master process to hold a connection
+  defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) and ActiveRecord::Base.connection.disconnect!
+
+  ##
+  # When sent a USR2, Unicorn will suffix its pidfile with .oldbin and
+  # immediately start loading up a new version of itself (loaded with a new
+  # version of our app). When this new Unicorn is completely loaded
+  # it will begin spawning workers. The first worker spawned will check to
+  # see if an .oldbin pidfile exists. If so, this means we've just booted up
+  # a new Unicorn and need to tell the old one that it can now die. To do so
+  # we send it a QUIT.
+  #
+  # Using this method we get 0 downtime deploys.
+
+  old_pid = "#{server.config[:pid]}.oldbin"
+
+  if File.exists?(old_pid) && server.pid != old_pid
+    begin
+      sig = (worker.nr + 1) >= server.worker_processes ? :QUIT : :TTOU
+      Process.kill(sig, File.read(old_pid).to_i)
+    rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::ESRCH
+      # someone else did our job for us
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+after_fork do |server, worker|
+  # Unicorn master loads the app then forks off workers - because of the way
+  # Unix forking works, we need to make sure we aren't using any of the parent's
+  # sockets, e.g. db connection
+
+  defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) and ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
+  # Redis and Memcached would go here but their connections are established
+  # on demand, so the master never opens a socket
+end