beanstalkd

# Run It

First, run beanstalkd on one or more machines.

./beanstalkd -l 10.0.1.5 -p 11300

This starts up beanstalkd listening on address 10.0.1.5, port 11300.

See Configuration for more configuration options.

# Use It

Here’s an example in Ruby.

First, have one process put a job into the queue

beanstalk = Beanstalk::Pool.new(['10.0.1.5:11300'])
beanstalk.put('hello')

Then start another process to take jobs out of the queue and process them

beanstalk = Beanstalk::Pool.new(['10.0.1.5:11300'])
loop do
  job = beanstalk.reserve
  puts job.body # prints "hello"
  job.delete
end

See Client Libraries for your favorite language.

# Thanks

Many thanks to memcached for providing inspiration for simple protocol design and for the structure of the documentation. Not to mention a fantastic piece of software!

# Author

beanstalkd is written by Keith Rarick and maintained by the community.