@ynode/bootify

Copyright (c) 2026 Michael Welter me@mikinho.com

A Fastify bootstrap plugin that incorporates standardized @ynode patterns for clustering, configuration, and lifecycle management.

Purpose

@ynode/bootify eliminates the boilerplate code typically found in the entry points of @ynode applications. It consolidates:

• Cluster Management: Automatically handles master/worker process forks using @ynode/cluster.
• Signal Handling: Manages graceful shutdowns (SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGUSR2), zero-downtime reloads (SIGHUP), and keeps SIGQUIT mapped to process.abort() for core dumps.
• Fastify Initialization: Creates the server instance with standard configurations (like proxiable and autoshutdown).

Installation

npm install @ynode/bootify

Usage

In your main entry file (e.g., src/web.js), simply import bootify and your configuration.

#!/usr/bin/env node

import { bootify } from "@ynode/bootify";
import config from "./config.js"; // Your yargs configuration
import pkg from "../package.json" with { type: "json" };

try {
    await bootify({
        config,
        pkg,
        // Lazy-load your application logic
        app: () => import("./app.js"),
        hooks: {
            onBeforeListen: async ({ fastify }) => {
                fastify.log.info("Preparing to listen...");
            },
            onAfterListen: async ({ address }) => {
                console.log(`Listening at ${address}`);
            },
            onShutdown: async ({ signal }) => {
                console.log(`Shutdown triggered by ${signal}`);
            },
        },
    });
} catch (ex) {
    console.error(ex);
    process.exitCode = 1;
}

Configuration Object (config)

The config object is typically the resolved output of yargs. It supports the following reserved properties:

• cluster: Configuration for @ynode/cluster (can be a boolean or object). This object is passed through to @ynode/cluster options. When omitted, clustering defaults to enabled; set cluster: false to force single-process mode.
• pidfile: Path to write the PID file (optional).
• http2: Enable HTTP/2 support (boolean).
• trustProxy: Forwarded/real client IP trust setting passed directly to Fastify trustProxy.
• rewrite: An object map for URL rewriting. Keys are exact request paths and values must be strings. Non-string values are ignored.
• sleep: Options for @ynode/autoshutdown.
• listen: The binding address can be a number (3000), a string (e.g., "3000", "127.0.0.1:8080", "[::1]:8080"), or a Unix socket path string. You can also pass an object like { port: 3000, host: "0.0.0.0" } or { path: "/tmp/app.sock" }.
• listenRetry: Optional startup retry policy { retries?: number, delay?: number }. Defaults to { retries: 5, delay: 15000 }.

With @ynode/cluster 1.4.0+, you can configure TTY command mode and reload commands via cluster.tty, for example:

cluster: {
  enabled: true,
  tty: {
    enabled: true,
    commands: true,
    reloadCommand: "rl"
  }
}

Production Configuration Example

For a production deployment behind a reverse proxy, combine trustProxy, explicit listen, and a bounded listenRetry policy:

{
  trustProxy: true,
  listen: { host: "0.0.0.0", port: 8080, backlog: 511 },
  listenRetry: { retries: 8, delay: 5000 }
}

• trustProxy: true ensures request.ip respects forwarded headers.
• Explicit listen avoids accidental ephemeral port binding.
• listenRetry helps absorb short dependency/network startup windows.

Unix Domain Sockets & proxiable

If you bind to a Unix Domain Socket by setting listen to a socket path (for example "/tmp/app.sock" or { path: "/tmp/app.sock" }), bootify automatically uses proxiable on the raw server instance. This fixes common issues where req.socket.remoteAddress is undefined or incorrect when running behind a proxy like Nginx over a socket.

API

bootify(options)

Initializes the application lifecycle. bootify validates option shapes early and throws TypeError for invalid input.

Options

Property	Type	Description
app	Function	A function called as app(fastify, config) that returns either a Fastify plugin or module with default; invalid returns throw a TypeError.
config	Object	The configuration object (usually from argv).
pkg	Object	Optional parsed content of package.json (auto-loaded from process.cwd() when omitted).
validator	Function	Optional function to validate config before starting.
hooks	Object	Optional lifecycle hooks: onBeforeListen, onAfterListen, and onShutdown.

Hook Contexts

• onBeforeListen(context): Receives { fastify, config, pkg }.
• onAfterListen(context): Receives { fastify, config, pkg, address }.
• onShutdown(context): Receives { fastify, config, pkg, signal }.

Return Value

bootify(options) resolves to one of:

• void: when clustering is disabled or executing in a worker process.
• BootifyManager: when running as clustered master.
• BootifyManager.reload(): Promise<void> for zero-downtime reload.
• BootifyManager.getMetrics() for cluster worker/load metrics.
• BootifyManager.close(): Promise<void> for programmatic cluster shutdown.
• BootifyManager.on/once/off(...) for cluster lifecycle events.

Startup Semantics

bootify uses a process-level startup state machine:

• idle: no startup attempt is active.
• starting: a startup attempt is in progress.
• started: startup succeeded and the process is now locked to a single boot lifecycle.

Behavior:

• A second call while starting throws bootify() is already starting in this process.
• A call after successful startup (started) throws bootify() can only be called once per process.
• If startup fails, state is reset back to idle and a later retry is allowed.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.