In Rails app

gistfile1.txt

class QueueDaemon  
  class << self
    
    def start!
      Thread.new do
        EventMachine.run do
          puts "Asimov: Attempting Connection"

          AMQP.connect( 
            :on_possible_authentication_failure => Proc.new {puts("Asimov:  Possible Authentication Failure")},
            :on_tcp_connection_failure => Proc.new {puts("Asimov: TCP failure")},
            :on_error => Proc.new {puts("Fucked")},
            :on_tcp_loss => Proc.new {puts("Still Fucked")},
            :on_connection_interrruption => Proc.new {puts("DODGY")}
            ) do |connection|


               puts "Asimov: Connected to host"

            end

          puts "Blocked like a boss"

        end
      end
    end
    
  end

end


# In something like config/initializers/queue_daemon.rb
QueueDaemon.start!