Unicorn config for zero downtime deployment

unicorn.rb

# source: http://benjaminknofe.com/blog/2014/03/08/zero-downtime-deployment-with-unicorn-and-capistrano/

root = "/home/deployer/current"

pid           "#{root}/tmp/pids/unicorn.pid"
stderr_path   "#{root}/log/unicorn_error.log"
stdout_path   "#{root}/log/unicorn.log"

listen "/tmp/unicorn.gigmit.com.socket", :backlog => 2048

preload_app true
working_directory root
worker_processes 3
timeout 30

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 = "#{root}/tmp/pids/unicorn.pid.oldbin"
  if File.exists?(old_pid) && server.pid != old_pid
    begin
      Process.kill("QUIT", 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