Detailed explanation of the implementation principle of golang hot update

With the development of Go language in the open source community, and more and more companies using Go language for development, the demand for golang hot update implementation is also increasing. This article will introduce the principle and related implementation details of golang hot update implementation.

1. The concept and principle of hot update

Hot update means that the code can be updated and replaced during the running of the program without restarting the program. In some services that need to run for a long time, hot update has great advantages, which can reduce the downtime of program updates and improve program availability.

The implementation principle of golang hot update is achieved by reloading the module, that is, loading the new module into the memory to replace the old module, thereby achieving code update. In golang, each module generates a file called an executable file. When a program runs, the executable file is loaded into memory and begins executing the program. When the code needs to be updated, the program reads the new executable file into memory, unloads the previous code from the old executable file, and loads the new code into memory.

2. How to implement hot update in golang

1. Use Gin framework

Gin is a lightweight web framework that provides many useful functions and tools , such as routing, middleware, error handling, etc. Code updates are implemented by adding a HandleFunc to the Gin framework.

Can be achieved through the following code:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"

    "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)

func main() {
    r := gin.Default()

    r.GET("/ping", func(c *gin.Context) {
        c.String(http.StatusOK, "pong")
    })

    go func() {
        if err := r.Run(":8080"); err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
    }()
}

When the code needs to be updated, the update can be achieved by changing the function implementation, for example:

r.GET("/ping", func(c *gin.Context) {
    c.String(http.StatusOK, "Hello, World!")
})

2. Use the fsnotify library

fsnotify is an easy-to-use golang library that can monitor any changes in the file system. We can update the code by monitoring file changes.

Can be achieved through the following code:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"
    "path/filepath"
    "time"

    "github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
)

func main() {
    // 定义需要监视的文件夹
    dir := "./test"

    // 创建Watcher
    watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    defer watcher.Close()

    // 遍历文件夹，添加需要监视的文件
    filepath.Walk(dir, func(path string, fi os.FileInfo, err error) error {
        if fi == nil {
            return err
        }
        if fi.IsDir() {
            return nil
        }
        return watcher.Add(path)
    })

    // 开启热更新
    done := make(chan bool)
    go func() {
        for {
            select {
            case event, ok := <p>The above code will monitor changes in all files in the ./test folder. When the file changes, the program will print out "modified file: file name ”, and then implement the code update operation here. </p><p>3. Summary</p><p>Through the above two methods, hot update of golang can be achieved, thereby improving the efficiency and availability of program operation. It should be noted that when implementing hot updates, we need to ensure code compatibility to ensure that the new code will not destroy the functions of the old code and avoid program crashes. </p>

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