DynamoDB Mutex

Using DynamoDB, it implements a simple semaphore that can be used to coordinate access to shared data from multiple concurrent hosts or processes.

Usage

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ruby

require 'dynamodb-mutex'

DynamoDBMutex.with_lock :your_lock do
   # Access to shared resource.
end

If no lock name (“:your_lock“ above) is given, “#with_lock“ uses “‘default.lock’“.

You can pass “with_lock“ the following options:

• “:wait_for_other“ (default “1“): Seconds to to wait for another process to release the lock.

• “:polling_interval“ (default “0.1“): Seconds between retrials to acquire lock. Should be at least ““(:wait_for_other / 5) * (no_of_instances - 1)“”.

• “:stale_after“ (default “10“): Seconds after which the lock is considered stale and will be automatically deleted; set to “falsey” (“nil“ or “false“) to disable.