How to run resque web interface in standalone ruby app | Inkoop Blog

What is Resque?

Resque creates background jobs which stores data in Redis, placing those jobs on multiple queues, and processing them asynchornously.

What is Rackup?

Rackup is a command that comes with the rack middle and uses the settings in your config.ru and starts a server based off of those. This is usually used in production servers.

What is thin server?

Thin server is a small and fast Ruby web server.

RACKUP Web Interface

# rackup config.ru

require 'thin'
require 'resque'
require 'resque/server'
require 'resque/scheduler/server'

run Rack::URLMap.new \
     "/" => Resque::Server.new

If you want to do basic authentication then use the below code,

...
Resque::Server.use(Rack::Auth::Basic) do |user, password|
  user = "username"
  password == "password"
end

run Rack::URLMap.new \
     "/" => Resque::Server.new

keep Coding !!!

Ameena