How To Install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
ruby-unicorn-worker-killer is:
unicorn-worker-killer gem provides automatic restart of Unicorn workers based on
- max number of requests, and
- process memory size (RSS) without affecting any requests.
This will greatly improves site’s stability by avoiding unexpected memory exhaustion at the application nodes.
There are three methods to install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
Install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
Install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
How To Uninstall ruby-unicorn-worker-killer on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
Uninstall ruby-unicorn-worker-killer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
Remove ruby-unicorn-worker-killer Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
Remove ruby-unicorn-worker-killer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unicorn-worker-killer
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.