Amazon Elastic Beanstalk Sidekiq config file

001_sidekiq.conf

files:
  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post/50_restart_sidekiq":
    mode: "000755"
    content: |
      #!/bin/bash
      initctl restart sidekiq || initctl start sidekiq

      ln -sf /var/app/current/log/sidekiq.log /var/app/containerfiles/logs/sidekiq.log

  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/pre/03_mute_sidekiq":
    mode: "000755"
    content: |
      #!/bin/bash

      . /opt/elasticbeanstalk/support/envvars

      PIDFILE=/var/app/containerfiles/pids/sidekiq.pid
      if [ -f ${PIDFILE} ]; then
        if [ -d /proc/`cat ${PIDFILE}` ]; then
          kill -USR1 `cat ${PIDFILE}`
        fi
      fi

  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/support/conf/sidekiq.conf":
    mode: "000644"
    content: |
      description "Elastic Beanstalk Sidekiq Upstart Manager"

      start on runlevel [2345]
      stop on runlevel [!2345]

      # explained above
      respawn
      respawn limit 3 30

      script
      # scripts run in /bin/sh by default
      # respawn as bash so we can source in rbenv
      exec /bin/bash <<"EOT"
        EB_SCRIPT_DIR=$(/opt/elasticbeanstalk/bin/get-config container -k script_dir)
        EB_SUPPORT_DIR=$(/opt/elasticbeanstalk/bin/get-config container -k support_dir)

        . $EB_SUPPORT_DIR/envvars
        . $EB_SCRIPT_DIR/use-app-ruby.sh

        EB_APP_DEPLOY_DIR=$(/opt/elasticbeanstalk/bin/get-config container -k app_deploy_dir)
        EB_APP_PID_DIR=$(/opt/elasticbeanstalk/bin/get-config container -k app_pid_dir)
        cd $EB_APP_DEPLOY_DIR

        exec su -s /bin/bash -c "sidekiq -e ${RACK_ENV} -c ${SIDEKIQ_WORKERS:-2} -L ${EB_APP_DEPLOY_DIR}/log/sidekiq.log -C ${EB_APP_DEPLOY_DIR}/config/sidekiq.yml -P ${EB_APP_PID_DIR}/sidekiq.pid" webapp
      EOT
      end script

002_sidekiq.conf

files:
  "/etc/init/sidekiq.conf" :
    mode: "120400"
    content: "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/support/conf/sidekiq.conf"

commands:
  reload_initctl_for_sidekiq:
    command: "initctl reload-configuration"

@summera how did you solved that issue?

ALso, kill -USR1 should be replaced by kill -TSTP on SIdekiq 5.0