Job Queue

To run jobs asynchronously in a job queue, an additional service is required.

What will be run in the job queue

• Playlists build
• Event handlers loaded in Zou

Enabling job queue

Set ENABLE_JOB_QUEUE environment variable to True in the variables file (/etc/zou/zou.env).

Setting up RQ, the job manager

Create a systemd file:

Path: /etc/systemd/system/zou-jobs.service

[Unit]
Description=RQ Job queue to run asynchronous job from Zou
After=network.target

[Service]
User=zou
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory=/opt/zou
EnvironmentFile=/etc/zou/zou.env
Environment="PATH=/opt/zou/zouenv/bin:/usr/bin"
ExecStart=/opt/zou/zouenv/bin/rq worker -c zou.job_settings 

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start the service:

sudo systemctl enable zou-jobs
sudo systemctl start zou-jobs