Resque multiple workers in development mode

Question

Hi is it possible to run multiple Resque workers simultaneously in development? I found this bit of code, but not sure if it will work and how..

So far I am using the standard

bundle exec env rake resque:work QUEUE='*'

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

score 42 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '12 at 03:07

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You need to add a COUNT environment variable and then change resque:work to resque:workers. For example, to start 3 workers:

bundle exec env rake resque:workers QUEUE='*' COUNT='3'

answered May 03 '12 at 03:07

Dylan Markow

This is amazing! I've always had 3-5 separate console tabs open for with one worker in each. Now I can bunch them all into one tab. Thanks! – Daniel Bonnell Mar 02 '18 at 17:50

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '12 at 02:36

The only way I know how to do that, and I think it's a great way, it's using Foreman (same thing that heroku uses).

You define your processes in a file named Procfile like:

web:    bundle exec thin start -p $PORT
worker: bundle exec rake resque:work QUEUE=*
clock:  bundle exec rake resque:scheduler

And then you can start your app with just one command

foreman start

To start more than one process of one type it's like this:

foreman start -c worker=2

To start web worker as well use this: `foreman start -c web=1,worker=2` — Ilya Scharrenbroich, Dec 11 '13 at 03:30

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