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beanstalkd - simple, fast work queue
beanstalkd [options]
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 the init(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.txt in the beanstalkd distribution for a thorough description of the meaning and format of the beanstalkd protocol.
-b pathUse a binlog to keep jobs on persistent storage in directory path. Upon startup, beanstalkd will recover any binlog that is present in path, then, during normal operation, append new jobs and changes in state to the binlog.-f msCall fsync(2) at most once every ms milliseconds. Larger values for ms reduce 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 beanstalkd to call fsync every time it writes to the binlog.
The default behavior is to sync every 50 ms.
(This option has no effect without -b.)
-FNever call fsync(2). Equivalent to -f with an infinite ms value.
(This option has no effect without -b.)
-hShow a brief help message and exit.-l addrListen on address addr (default is 0.0.0.0).
When addr starts with "unix:", the unprefixed value of it will be used as the local filesystem path to create a UNIX socket instead of a TCP socket. In this case the value of -p will be ignored.
(Option -l has no effect if sd-daemon(5) socket activation is being used. See also ENVIRONMENT.)
-p portListen on TCP port port (default is 11300).
(Option -p has no effect if sd-daemon(5) socket activation is being used. See also ENVIRONMENT.)
-s bytesThe size in bytes of each binlog file.
(This option has no effect without -b.)
-u userBecome 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.-z bytesThe maximum size in bytes of a job.-cThis flag has no effect. It is kept for historical compatibility only.-nThis flag has no effect. It is kept for historical compatibility only.
LISTEN_PID, LISTEN_FDSThese variables can be set by init(1). See sd_listen_fds(3) for details.
sd-daemon(3), sd_listen_fds(3)
Files README.md and doc/protocol.txt in the beanstalkd distribution.
Beanstalkd is written by Keith Rarick and maintained by the community at https://github.com/beanstalkd/beanstalkd/issues