- BEANSTALKD(1)
- BEANSTALKD(1)
NAME
beanstalkd - simple, fast work queue
SYNOPSIS
beanstalkd [options]
DESCRIPTION
Beanstalkd is a simple work-queue service. Its interface is generic, though it was originally designed for reducing the latency of page views in high-volume web applications by running time-consuming tasks asynchronously.
When started, beanstalkd opens a socket (or uses a file descriptor provided by theinit(1) system, see ENVIRONMENT) and listens for incoming connections. For each connection, it reads a sequence of commands to create, reserve, delete, and otherwise manipulate "jobs", units of work to be done. See file doc/protocol.txtin the beanstalkd distribution for a thorough description of the meaning and format of the beanstalkd protocol.
OPTIONS
-
-bpath Use a binlog to keep jobs on persistent storage in directory path. Upon startup,
beanstalkdwill recover any binlog that is present in path, then, during normal operation, append new jobs and changes in state to the binlog.-c-
Perform online, incremental compaction of binlog files. Negates
-n. This is the default behavior.(Do not use this option, except to negate
-n. Both-cand-nwill likely be removed in a futurebeanstalkdrelease.) -
-fms -
Call fsync(2) at most once every ms milliseconds. Larger values for msreduce disk activity and improve speed at the cost of safety. A power failure could result in the loss of up to ms milliseconds of history.
A ms value of 0 will cause
beanstalkdto call fsync every time it writes to the binlog.(This option has no effect without
-b.) -F-
Never call fsync(2). Equivalent to
-fwith an infinite ms value.This is the default behavior.
(This option has no effect without
-b.) -hShow a brief help message and exit.
-
-laddr -
Listen on address addr (default is 0.0.0.0).
(Option
-lhas no effect if sd-daemon(5) socket activation is being used. See also ENVIRONMENT.) -n-
Turn off binlog compaction, negating
-c.(Do not use this option. Both
-cand-nwill likely be removed in a futurebeanstalkdrelease.) -
-pport -
Listen on TCP port port (default is 11300).
(Option
-phas no effect if sd-daemon(5) socket activation is being used. See also ENVIRONMENT.) -
-sbytes -
The size in bytes of each binlog file.
(This option has no effect without
-b.) -
-uuser Become the user user and its primary group.
-VIncrease verbosity. May be used more than once to produce more verbose output. The output format is subject to change.
-vPrint the version string and exit.
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-zbytes The maximum size in bytes of a job.
ENVIRONMENT
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LISTEN_PID,LISTEN_FDS - These variables can be set by init(1). See sd_listen_fds(3) for details.
SEE ALSO
sd-daemon(5), sd_listen_fds(5)
Files README and doc/protocol.txt in the beanstalkd distribution.
http://kr.github.com/beanstalkd/
AUTHOR
Beanstalkd is written and maintained by Keith Rarick with the help of many others.
- APRIL 2012
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