Background Jobs

We use Resque to run background jobs. The job queue is stored in Redis.

How to install Redis

If you are using a mac, you can use homebrew to install redis:

brew install redis

If you're using a Vagrant box, redis server is probably already installed and running.
You can check with the following command: redis-cli ping, the server should respond with "pong".

Running background jobs

To start the redis server:

redis-server /usr/local/etc/redis.conf

To see the status of recent jobs in the browser console:

resque-web -N curation_concerns:development

To start worker(s) to run the jobs:

QUEUE=* VERBOSE=1 rake resque:work