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@socket.io/cluster-adapter
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The Socket.IO cluster adapter, allowing to broadcast events between several Socket.IO servers
The @socket.io/cluster-adapter
package allows broadcasting packets between multiple Socket.IO servers.
It can be used in conjunction with @socket.io/sticky
to broadcast packets between the workers of the same Node.js cluster.
Supported features:
Related packages:
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npm install @socket.io/cluster-adapter
const cluster = require("cluster");
const http = require("http");
const { Server } = require("socket.io");
const numCPUs = require("os").cpus().length;
const { setupMaster, setupWorker } = require("@socket.io/sticky");
const { createAdapter, setupPrimary } = require("@socket.io/cluster-adapter");
if (cluster.isMaster) {
console.log(`Master ${process.pid} is running`);
const httpServer = http.createServer();
// setup sticky sessions
setupMaster(httpServer, {
loadBalancingMethod: "least-connection",
});
// setup connections between the workers
setupPrimary();
// needed for packets containing buffers (you can ignore it if you only send plaintext objects)
// Node.js < 16.0.0
cluster.setupMaster({
serialization: "advanced",
});
// Node.js > 16.0.0
// cluster.setupPrimary({
// serialization: "advanced",
// });
httpServer.listen(3000);
for (let i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
cluster.fork();
}
cluster.on("exit", (worker) => {
console.log(`Worker ${worker.process.pid} died`);
cluster.fork();
});
} else {
console.log(`Worker ${process.pid} started`);
const httpServer = http.createServer();
const io = new Server(httpServer);
// use the cluster adapter
io.adapter(createAdapter());
// setup connection with the primary process
setupWorker(io);
io.on("connection", (socket) => {
/* ... */
});
}
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The Socket.IO cluster adapter, allowing to broadcast events between several Socket.IO servers
The npm package @socket.io/cluster-adapter receives a total of 3,129 weekly downloads. As such, @socket.io/cluster-adapter popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @socket.io/cluster-adapter demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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