OK I'm not sure the exact cause but I think it's how SideKiq is started. It get's it's own pid and runit assigns one as well. Anyways I've solved this by modifying the built in capistrano recipe.
Basic idea is to use the sidekiqctl to send the :quite signal so workers stop accepting new work. Then on :stop we stop runit then send the sidekiqctl :stop signal. On start we use runit to start the process again.
Capistrano::Configuration.instance.load do
_cset(:sidekiq_default_hooks) { true }
_cset(:sidekiq_cmd) { "#{fetch(:bundle_cmd, "bundle")} exec sidekiq" }
_cset(:sidekiqctl_cmd) { "#{fetch(:bundle_cmd, "bundle")} exec sidekiqctl" }
_cset(:sidekiq_timeout) { 10 }
_cset(:sidekiq_role) { :app }
_cset(:sidekiq_pid) { "#{current_path}/tmp/pids/sidekiq.pid" }
_cset(:sidekiq_processes) { 1 }
if fetch(:sidekiq_default_hooks)
before "deploy:update_code", "sidekiq:quiet"
after "deploy:stop", "sidekiq:stop"
after "deploy:start", "sidekiq:start"
before "deploy:restart", "sidekiq:restart"
end
namespace :sidekiq do
def for_each_process(&block)
fetch(:sidekiq_processes).times do |idx|
yield((idx == 0 ? "#{fetch(:sidekiq_pid)}" : "#{fetch(:sidekiq_pid)}-#{idx}"), idx)
end
end
desc "Quiet sidekiq (stop accepting new work)"
task :quiet, :roles => lambda { fetch(:sidekiq_role) }, :on_no_matching_servers => :continue do
for_each_process do |pid_file, idx|
run "if [ -d #{current_path} ] && [ -f #{pid_file} ] && kill -0 `cat #{pid_file}`> /dev/null 2>&1; then cd #{current_path} && #{fetch(:sidekiqctl_cmd)} quiet #{pid_file} ; else echo 'Sidekiq is not running'; fi"
end
end
desc "Stop sidekiq"
task :stop, :roles => lambda { fetch(:sidekiq_role) }, :on_no_matching_servers => :continue do
for_each_process do |pid_file, idx|
sidekiq_dir = idx == 0 ? "/SERVICE_DIR/sidekiq" : "/SERVICE_DIR/sidekiq-#{idx}"
run "sv stop #{sidekiq_dir}"
run "if [ -d #{current_path} ] && [ -f #{pid_file} ] && kill -0 `cat #{pid_file}`> /dev/null 2>&1; then cd #{current_path} && #{fetch(:sidekiqctl_cmd)} stop #{pid_file} #{fetch :sidekiq_timeout} ; else echo 'Sidekiq is not running'; fi"
end
end
desc "Start sidekiq"
task :start, :roles => lambda { fetch(:sidekiq_role) }, :on_no_matching_servers => :continue do
rails_env = fetch(:rails_env, "production")
for_each_process do |pid_file, idx|
sidekiq_dir = idx == 0 ? "/SERVICE_DIR/sidekiq" : "/SERVICE_DIR/sidekiq-#{idx}"
run "sv start #{sidekiq_dir}"
end
end
desc "Restart sidekiq"
task :restart, :roles => lambda { fetch(:sidekiq_role) }, :on_no_matching_servers => :continue do
stop
start
end
end
end