django-simple-async-jobs 0.1.2

A Django app for running periodic or one off jobs.

Simple async jobs is a Django app that provides you a simple way for running periodic and one off jobs using django management commands.

Quick start

1. Add “simple_jobs” to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       ...
       'simple_jobs',
   ]

2. Setup the following settings:

   JOB_POLLER_TIMEOUT_BEFORE_KILLED = 60
   
   DEFAULT_LOGGER_NAME = "jobs"
   PERIODIC_JOBS_LOGGER_NAME = "periodic_jobs"
   ONE_OFF_JOBS_LOGGER_NAME = "one_off_jobs"
   
   DEFAULT_MAX_ONE_OFF_JOBS_RUNS_PER_LIFE = 10
   DEFAULT_MAX_PERIODIC_JOBS_RUNS_PER_LIFE = 50
   
   DEFAULT_MAX_JOB_RETRIES = 6
   DEFAULT_JOB_RETRY_SECONDS_INTERVAL = 900

3. Run python manage.py migrate to create the jobs models.

4. Start the development server and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ to create a Job (you’ll need the Admin app enabled).

5. Run the python manage.py one_off_job_poller or python manage.py periodic_job_poller.

It’s recommended to use one of the django management commands as CMD for docker container in docker-compose config with parameter restart=always. Example:

worker-one-off-jobs:
  build: .
  container_name: "worker-one-off"
  restart: "always"
  command: python manage.py one_off_job_poller

The lifetime of container consists of the following:

1) retrieve jobs
2) execute jobs until the limit is hit
3) sleep for time specified in settings
4) exit

Once container is dead it will be launched again by docker-compose.