Added reconnection logic when NATS is disconnected

How was it tested:
I deployed this version of nats-queue-worker and then simulated
NATS disconnection

Signed-off-by: Bart Smykla <[email protected]>

handler/handler.go

@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nats-io/go-nats-streaming"
 	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/queue"
 )
 
+var (
+	maxReconnect = 5
+	delayBetweenReconnect = 2
+)
+
 // NatsQueue queue for work
 type NatsQueue struct {
 	nc        stan.Conn
@@ -18,6 +24,43 @@ type NatsQueue struct {
 	Topic     string
 }
 
+func (q *NatsQueue) connect() error {
+	nc, err := stan.Connect(
+		q.ClusterID,
+		q.ClientID,
+		stan.NatsURL(q.NATSURL),
+		stan.SetConnectionLostHandler(func(conn stan.Conn, err error) {
+			log.Printf("Disconnected from %s\n", q.NATSURL)
+
+			q.reconnect(0)
+		}),
+	)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	q.nc = nc
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (q *NatsQueue) reconnect(iteration int) {
+	log.Printf("Trying to reconnect (%d) to %s\n", iteration, q.NATSURL)
+
+	if iteration < maxReconnect {
+		time.Sleep(time.Second * time.Duration(iteration * delayBetweenReconnect))
+
+		if err := q.connect(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Reconnection (%d) to %s failed", iteration, q.NATSURL)
+
+			q.reconnect(iteration + 1)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("Reconnection (%d) to %s succed", iteration, q.NATSURL)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // CreateNatsQueue ready for asynchronous processing
 func CreateNatsQueue(address string, port int, clientConfig NatsConfig) (*NatsQueue, error) {
 	var err error
@@ -27,15 +70,15 @@ func CreateNatsQueue(address string, port int, clientConfig NatsConfig) (*NatsQu
 	clientID := clientConfig.GetClientID()
 	clusterID := "faas-cluster"
 
-	nc, err := stan.Connect(clusterID, clientID, stan.NatsURL(natsURL))
 	queue1 := NatsQueue{
-		nc:        nc,
 		ClientID:  clientID,
 		ClusterID: clusterID,
 		NATSURL:   natsURL,
 		Topic:     "faas-request",
 	}
 
+	err = queue1.connect()
+
 	return &queue1, err
 }