dj-queue-health -

Simple django app for checking queue health. Targeted to be used for Kubernetes deployments to periodically schedule update_queue_timestamp and set timestamp and verified by test_queue_health as a probe to verify if worker works and is not stacked.

Installation

• Using pip:

pip install dj-queue-health

Usage

• Add dj_queue_health to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
...,
"dj_queue_health",
]

• Add variable django_queue_health to your settings like this:

# Minutes django_queue_health to check if there is queue log and if queue is running
django_queue_health = 10

• Configure default django cache.
• Queue Health use django rq or celery.
• Use commands:

# Push job to queue that updates the timestamp

python manage.py update_queue_timestamp

# Check if timestamp in cache less than django_queue_health

python manage.py test_queue_health