Replace Backgroundrb

[mtylty]

Backgroundrb is shitty, should we begin considering an alternative? Maybe the next milestone?

[dguerri]

Backgroundrb isn't actively maintained anymore (AFAIK) but it is still doing its job.
What benefits you're seeing in this? What are the alternatives?

Let's keep in mind that replacing a working infrastructure with a new one should worth the effort.
Even tough replacing Backgroundrb here should be simpler than replacing it for OWCPM (see openwisp/OpenWISP-Captive-Portals-Manager#2) personally I disagree with the use of different technologies in different OpenWISP project to achieve the same functionality...

[dguerri]

I vote for Sidekiq. Very simple and efficient.
Moreover it seems to be very close to a drop-in replacement for backgroundrb.