Consolidated code snippet from seg.al/blog/sidekiq

04_sidekiq.config

#.ebextensions/04_sidekiq.config

commands:

  create_post_dir:
    command: "mkdir /opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post"
    ignoreErrors: true

files:

  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post/50_restart_sidekiq.sh":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      #!/usr/bin/env bash
      source /usr/local/share/chruby/chruby.sh
      chruby current
      . /opt/elasticbeanstalk/support/envvars
      cd /var/app/current
      PIDFILE=/var/app/containerfiles/pids/sidekiq.pid

      if [ -f ${PIDFILE} ]
      then
        kill -TERM `cat ${PIDFILE}`
        rm -rf ${PIDFILE}
      fi

      . /opt/elasticbeanstalk/support/envvars.d/sysenv

      sleep 10

      bundle exec sidekiq \
        -e $RAILS_ENV \
        -P ${PIDFILE} \
        -C /var/app/current/config/sidekiq.yml \
        -L /var/app/containerfiles/logs/sidekiq.log \
        -q default \
        -d

  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/pre/03_mute_sidekiq":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root
    ignoreErrors: true
    content: |
      #!/usr/bin/env bash
      source /usr/local/share/chruby/chruby.sh
      chruby current
      . /opt/elasticbeanstalk/support/envvars
      cd /var/app/current
      PIDFILE=/var/app/containerfiles/pids/sidekiq.pid

      if [ -f ${PIDFILE} ]
      then
        kill -USR1 `cat ${PIDFILE}`
      fi