dq

Task Scheduler for Docker Functions

DQ is an amalgamation of the best features of a job scheduler like resque and a serverless platform like AWS lambda. It is meant to be self-hosted and called using REST APIs. All tasks run on docker containers defined in a spec similar to compose called dq.yml

DQ won 4th place in the Docker 1.12 Hackathon

Features

• Call a background task with arguments [Ex: sending email]
• Schedule a recurring task [Ex: backing up db]
• Run a background service that handles HTTP requests and auto scales based on load [voting, spam checking]

Requirements

To use some features like services, you will need Docker 1.12 or above

Usage

• Create a dq.yml based on the sample in this repo
• Create a network
  docker network create dq_net
• Start redis
  docker run -d --name redis --net dq_net redis
• Start DQ

  -v $(pwd)/dq.yml:/dq/dq.yml -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  shrikrishna/dq```
  
  

Development

Fork/clone this repo and edit dq.yml

• Fork this repo
• docker-compose up -d