Rails: Starting Sidekiq on Heroku
heroku, ruby-on-rails, sidekiq
Solution
No you do not need any config with Heroku for Sidekiq, just add the RedisToGo plugin and you're on. Do not forget to attribute at least 1 worker to your app in your Heroku config.
Here is my default Procfile:
web: bundle exec thin start -p $PORT
worker: bundle exec sidekiq -c 5 -v
Problem
I'm having a problem getting Sidekiq up and running on my Heroku deployed Rails app. I have my app working fine in development (and on Heroku without Sidekiq). I created a Procfile with: ``` worker: bundle exec sidekiq ``` If I run `heroku ps`, the only process I see is `web.1`. Should I see one for Sidekiq? I do get an error: `Redis::CannotConnectError (Error connecting to Redis on localhost:6379)` in my Heroku logs. UPDATE: Found I probably needed `heroku addons:add redistogo`. Still not working. I feel I'm missing some basic configuration. Is there something I need to do to get Redis up and running for my Heroku app? I've been using Redis/Sidekiq for about a day, so this is new to me. Thanks! Greg