From b51c786e5d2587b4e5fd5d961b28af2b3523ce3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Selwin Ong Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 17:22:06 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated systemd docs --- docs/patterns/systemd.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/patterns/systemd.md b/docs/patterns/systemd.md index 8231e7a..a9a3aec 100644 --- a/docs/patterns/systemd.md +++ b/docs/patterns/systemd.md @@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ layout: patterns ## Running RQ Workers Under systemd -[systemd][1] is process manager that's built into many popular Linux distributions. +Systemd is process manager that's built into many popular Linux distributions. To run multiple workers under systemd, you'll first need to create a unit file. + We can name this file `rqworker@.service`, put this file in `/etc/systemd/system` -on Ubuntu. Where you put this file may differ by what OS you run. +directory (location may differ by what distributions you run). {% highlight ini %} [Unit] @@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target {% endhighlight %} If your unit file is properly installed, you should be able to start workers by -invoking `systemctl start rqworker@1.service`, `systemctl start rqworker@2.service`. +invoking `systemctl start rqworker@1.service`, `systemctl start rqworker@2.service` +from the terminal. + You can also reload all the workers by invoking `systemctl reload rqworker@*`. You can read more about systemd and unit files [here](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/understanding-systemd-units-and-unit-files).