///

## Multiple Workers { #multiple-workers }

You can start multiple workers with the `--workers` command line option:

//// tab | `fastapi`

If you use the `fastapi` command:

<div class="termy">

```console

/// tip

Don't worry if some of these items about **containers**, Docker, or Kubernetes don't make a lot of sense yet.

I'll tell you more about container images, Docker, Kubernetes, etc. in a future chapter: [FastAPI in Containers - Docker](docker.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

///

## Previous Steps Before Starting { #previous-steps-before-starting }

#### Docker Compose { #docker-compose }

You could be deploying to a **single server** (not a cluster) with **Docker Compose**, so you wouldn't have an easy way to manage replication of containers (with Docker Compose) while preserving the shared network and **load balancing**.

Then you could want to have **a single container** with a **process manager** starting **several worker processes** inside.

---

import java.util.logging.Logger
import okhttp3.internal.addIfAbsent
import okhttp3.internal.concurrent.TaskRunner.Companion.INSTANCE
import okhttp3.internal.okHttpName
import okhttp3.internal.threadFactory

/**
 * A set of worker threads that are shared among a set of task queues.
 *
 * Use [INSTANCE] for a task runner that uses daemon threads. There is not currently a shared
 * instance for non-daemon threads.
 *

        // Create thread pools
        this.channelExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(r -> {
            Thread t = new Thread(r, "SMB3-MultiChannel-Worker");
            t.setDaemon(true);
            return t;
        });

        this.healthCheckExecutor = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(2, r -> {

   * cache size. The application needs to be aware of calling this function during the
   * initialization phase and preferably in a background worker thread.
   *
   * Note that if the application chooses to not call this method to initialize the cache. By
   * default, OkHttp will perform lazy initialization upon the first usage of the cache.
   */

          }

          System.out.println(response.body().string());
        }
      }
    ```

### Asynchronous Get ([.kt][AsynchronousGetKotlin], [.java][AsynchronousGetJava])

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