how to start sidekiq automatically on localhost

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I have a Rails app which uses a Procfile to start sidekiq automatically on heroku. I'd like it to start sidekiq automatically on localhost (I currently just 'bundle exec sidekiq' in a separate window). Here's my procfile:

web: bundle exec unicorn -p $PORT -c ./config/unicorn.rb
worker: bundle exec sidekiq

How would I do this? I do have foreman installed locally

is there any way I can configure the app to run it on startup for dev? — timpone, Jun 02 '14 at 23:18
You can use `foreman export` to upstart: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12990842/how-to-use-foreman-to-export-to-upstart. — Damien Roche, Jun 02 '14 at 23:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '14 at 07:40

You can create a Procfile.dev file that's meant to be used in development. To use it, just do 'foreman start -f Procfile.dev' from the terminal. Passing the -f option allows you to set the path the Procfile to use.

By the way, would probably be good to gitignore your Procfile.dev, as well. That way, others in your team could have their own Procfile.dev.

Hope that helps!

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