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= sidekiq_snitch

Rails engine to monitor your Sidekiq queue using Dead Man's Snitch.

= Installation

First, create an account at Dead Man's Snitch http://www.deadmanssnitch.com/

Then, create an hourly snitch. Put its value in ENV['SIDEKIQ_SNITCH_URL'].

In Gemfile:

    gem 'sidekiq_snitch'

and run `bundle`. Deploy et voila!

= FAQ

Question: Why use an external system and not a simple cron job?

Answer: If you use Sidekiq to run tasks in the background, you should monitor it.
Monitoring any system using the system itself is asking for trouble. Using an external
tool that starts to yell when something is wrong is the most sensible thing to do.

You can use any old monitoring tool, but we've found that Dead Man's Snitch is
simple and does one thing really well. It's also very useful for monitoring cron, in
fact.

Question: What is ENV?

Answer: create an initializer:

    ENV['SIDEKIQ_SNITCH_URL'] = "https://snitch.url.example.com"

Question: Can I turn this off in my development environment?

Answer: Sure! Just make sure there is no value set for ENV['SIDEKIQ_SNITCH_URL'].
Sidekiq Snitch only runs if it has somewhere to snitch.

= Created by

Space Babies. www.spacebabies.nl

Get in touch: [e-mail]

= License

MIT.

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
sidekiq_snitch-1.2.0	README.rdoc
sidekiq_snitch-1.1.0	README.rdoc