how to run good_job on a separate machine

[bluestorm21]

Can you please explain :

$ bundle exec good_job start

Ideally the command-line tool should be run on a separate machine or container from the web process. For example, on Heroku:

web: rails server
worker: bundle exec good_job start

Not everyone is using heroku, I use a load balancer in front of multiple containers that hold my rails app, not clear to me what a separate machine or container from the web process means

[bensheldon]

Thanks you pointing out some awkward phrasing in need of context. I think better the line should read should be run on a machine or container separate from the web process.

How are you managing your containers? For example, I assume that somewhere you have a line like bundle exec rails s --port=PORT. The documentation is intended to describe adding an additional process to whatever manager you are using:

PaaS:

• Heroku: additional line in Procfile
• Digital Ocean App Platform PaaS: New worker component
• Kubectl: new deployment

EC2 / Digital Ocean Droplet:

• Systemd: new service file
• Upstart: new service file