Using Sidekiq on EngineYard w/out Chef

EngineYard - Sidekiq

# rails_root/deploy/before_restart.rb
# kill sidekiq processes

run "pkill [s]idekiq"

# rails_root/deploy/after_restart.rb
# restart sidekiq
# The & at the end tells Sidekiq to run in the background. It was necessary.

run "cd /data/APPNAME/current && sudo -u deploy RAILS_ENV=production /usr/local/bin/bundle exec sidekiq -e production -c 5 &"

# Run this in the EY terminal to kill all currently running Sidekiq processes:

kill -TERM `ps aux | grep -i [s]idekiq | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`