Sidekiq on Heroku

Rails
1

Hi

I want to use Sidekiq to run some jobs in the background. The jobs will
be
created by the whenever gem (or similar) which creates a Sidekiq worker
at
a specific time. This worker will in turn create a few hundred Sidekiq
jobs.

So, I’m using Heroku and wonder if I need to use a separate worker dyno
for
these jobs? Or can I use, for example, Unicorn to run Sidekiq “inside”
my
one web dyno?
I read something about it here: Free background jobs on heroku (Example)
But is it a good idea?

If it is not appropriate do it this way, can I spin up a separate worker
when I need to? Perhaps I will create these jobs once a week. It would
be
cool to create a worker → finish all jobs → kill worker. Possible?

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On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Linus P.
[email protected] wrote:

So, I’m using Heroku and wonder if I need to use a separate worker dyno for
these jobs? Or can I use, for example, Unicorn to run Sidekiq “inside” my
one web dyno?

You can, but it’s not recommended.

I read something about it here: Free background jobs on heroku (Example)
But is it a good idea?

Not if you ask me.

If it is not appropriate do it this way, can I spin up a separate worker
when I need to? Perhaps I will create these jobs once a week. It would be
cool to create a worker → finish all jobs → kill worker. Possible?

Have a go with: GitHub - JustinLove/autoscaler: Start/stop Sidekiq workers on Heroku