Configuration

This page shows you how to tweak the most-commonly needed configuration knobs.

Redis Location

For development purposes, Sidekiq.cr defaults to a Redis location of "localhost:6379" with no password. In staging and production, you'll want to configure that location by using a special set of environment variables.

• REDIS_PROVIDER tells Sidekiq.cr the name of the environment variable which contains the Redis URL, e.g. REDIS_PROVIDER=FOOBAR_URL.
• FOOBAR_URL contains the actual Redis URL: redis://:password@redis.example.com/0

This scheme of an env var which points to another env var works perfectly on a system like Heroku where your Redis add-on will give you an env var, e.g. REDISTOGO_URL. You just need to point Sidekiq.cr to that var:

heroku config:set REDIS_PROVIDER=REDISTOGO_URL

Logging Output

Sidekiq.cr only logs to STDOUT by design. You use systemd or upstart to start the process; the init system provides tools to control log output, rotation, etc.