Kill all delayed_job workers

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I use delayed_job as a daemon https://github.com/tobi/delayed_job/wiki/Running-Delayed::Worker-as-a-daemon

I can't tell why, but sometimes I see more than one job done by several workers (different pids), and running stop doesn't stop anything. is there a way to kill all daemons of this proc/all workers? Or kill a specific pid (I'm on a shared hosting so kill/killall aren't available for me).

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 31 '09 at 17:27

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Not having access to "kill" in this setup will quickly become a PITA, and it boggles my mind that you wouldn't have the ability to kill processes you yourself started.

For increased worker dependability, you might want to try the collectiveidea fork of delayed_job, and using the daemon-spawn gem rather than daemons. I've had better luck with that combination.

answered Dec 31 '09 at 17:27

jmcnevin

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Thanks. I just don't get it - how can I start a process and not stop it without a kill? Maybe I should look at Daemons spec. I'll also check collectiveidea's fork. – elado Jan 01 '10 at 11:54
OK. I saw in the logs that it was Memory exception. So i realized shared hosting is not for me. Moved to VPS and it works great! – elado Jan 04 '10 at 21:11
The collectiveidea fork is the way to go. – Jonathan Julian Jan 07 '10 at 22:44
I also had better luck with daemon-spawn – Brian Armstrong Mar 26 '10 at 23:59

Kill all delayed_job workers

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