beanstalkd Installation Guide Installation Guide

beanstalkd is a free and open-source work queue. Beanstalkd provides simple, fast work queue

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 128MB minimum

Storage: 1GB for jobs

Network: Beanstalk protocol

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 11300 (default beanstalkd port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install beanstalkd
sudo dnf install -y beanstalkd

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now beanstalkd

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=11300/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install beanstalkd
sudo apt install -y beanstalkd

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now beanstalkd

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 11300

# Verify installation
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Install beanstalkd
sudo pacman -S beanstalkd

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now beanstalkd

# Verify installation
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Install beanstalkd
apk add --no-cache beanstalkd

# Enable and start service
rc-update add beanstalkd default
rc-service beanstalkd start

# Verify installation
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Install beanstalkd
sudo zypper install -y beanstalkd

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now beanstalkd

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=11300/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install beanstalkd

# Start service
brew services start beanstalkd

# Verify installation
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install beanstalkd

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'beanstalkd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service beanstalkd start

# Verify installation
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install beanstalkd

# Or using Scoop
scoop install beanstalkd

# Verify installation
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/beanstalkd

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
beanstalkd --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable beanstalkd

# Start service
sudo systemctl start beanstalkd

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop beanstalkd

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart beanstalkd

# Check status
sudo systemctl status beanstalkd

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u beanstalkd -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add beanstalkd default

# Start service
rc-service beanstalkd start

# Stop service
rc-service beanstalkd stop

# Restart service
rc-service beanstalkd restart

# Check status
rc-service beanstalkd status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'beanstalkd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service beanstalkd start

# Stop service
service beanstalkd stop

# Restart service
service beanstalkd restart

# Check status
service beanstalkd status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start beanstalkd
brew services stop beanstalkd
brew services restart beanstalkd

# Check status
brew services list | grep beanstalkd

powershell

# Start service
net start beanstalkd

# Stop service
net stop beanstalkd

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service beanstalkd
Stop-Service beanstalkd
Restart-Service beanstalkd

# Check status
Get-Service beanstalkd

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream beanstalkd_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:11300;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name beanstalkd.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name beanstalkd.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/beanstalkd.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/beanstalkd.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://beanstalkd_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName beanstalkd.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://beanstalkd.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName beanstalkd.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/beanstalkd.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/beanstalkd.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:11300/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:11300/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend beanstalkd_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/beanstalkd.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend beanstalkd_backend

backend beanstalkd_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server beanstalkd1 127.0.0.1:11300 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R beanstalkd:beanstalkd /etc/beanstalkd
sudo chmod 750 /etc/beanstalkd

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=11300/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status beanstalkd

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u beanstalkd -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep beanstalkd)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/beanstalkd"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/beanstalkd-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/beanstalkd /var/lib/beanstalkd

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/beanstalkd-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop beanstalkd

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/beanstalkd/beanstalkd-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start beanstalkd

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u beanstalkd -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/beanstalkd/beanstalkd.log

# Check configuration
beanstalkd --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/beanstalkd

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 11300

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 11300

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep beanstalkd)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep beanstalkd)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 11300

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  beanstalkd:
    image: beanstalkd:latest
    ports:
      - "11300:11300"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/beanstalkd
      - ./data:/var/lib/beanstalkd
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update beanstalkd

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade beanstalkd

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu beanstalkd

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade beanstalkd

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update beanstalkd

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade beanstalkd

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/beanstalkd-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/beanstalkd

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart beanstalkd

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/beanstalkd

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/beanstalkd -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/beanstalkd

Official Documentation: https://docs.beanstalkd.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/beanstalkd/beanstalkd

Community Forum: https://forum.beanstalkd.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.beanstalkd.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

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