cronjob to restart sidekiq workers daily, might help with the memoryoverflow

Author: Lennart Prelle

config/schedule.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+num_sidekiq_workers = 2
+rails_root = ENV['RAILS_ROOT'] || "/home/lprelle/diaspora"
+
+every 1.day, :at => '1am' do
+  num_sidekiq_workers.times do |num|
+    command "kill -USR1 $(cat #{rails_root}/pids/sidekiq#{num}.pid)"
+  end
+end
+
+every 1.day, :at => '1:01 am' do
+  num_sidekiq_workers.times do |num|
+    command "kill -TERM $(cat #{rails_root}/pids/sidekiq#{num}.pid)"
+  end
+end

script/diaspora.god

@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ num_sidekiqworkers = 2
 
 num_sidekiqworkers.times do |num|
   God.watch do |w|
+    pid_file = File.join(rails_root, "pids/sidekiq#{num}.pid")
+
     w.dir      = "#{rails_root}"
     w.name     = "sidekiq-#{num}"
     w.group    = 'sidekiq'
     w.interval = 190.seconds
     w.env      = {"QUEUE"=>"photos,receive_local,receive_salmon,receive,mail,socket_webfinger,delete_account,dispatch,http,http_service", "RAILS_ENV"=>rails_env}
-    w.start    = "bundle exec sidekiq"
+    w.start    = "bundle exec sidekiq -P #{pid_file}"
     w.log      = "#{rails_root}/log/god.log"
 
     #w.uid = 'lennart'