I have REDIS_URL ENV set, but systemd error log saying :url=>nil

[daveomcd]

I'm on Ruby 3.2.0, Sidekiq 7.0.6, Rails 7.0.2, and using rbenv.

I get the following message in my /var/log/syslog.

Mar  8 17:53:45 beansA systemd[1]: Starting sidekiq...
Mar  8 17:53:46 beansA sidekiq[6518]: 2023-03-08T17:53:46.622Z pid=6518 tid=2n6 INFO: Enabling systemd notification integration
Mar  8 17:53:46 beansA sidekiq[6518]: 2023-03-08T17:53:46.622Z pid=6518 tid=2n6 INFO: Pinging systemd watchdog every 5.0 sec
Mar  8 17:53:47 beansA sidekiq[6518]: 2023-03-08T17:53:47.345Z pid=6518 tid=2n6 INFO: Sidekiq 7.0.6 connecting to Redis with options {:size=>5, :pool_name=>"internal", :url=>nil}
Mar  8 17:53:47 beansA sidekiq[6518]: Connection refused - connect(2) for 127.0.0.1:6379

The URL doesn't appear to be getting passed over. I have in my ENV variable the following:

SHELL=/bin/bash
REDIS_URL=rediss://:[REDACTED]@master.my-app-aws-redis-cluster.axrtyv.use1.cache.amazonaws.com:6379/1
RBENV_SHELL=bash
PWD=/home/deploy
LOGNAME=deploy
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=tty
MOTD_SHOWN=pam
HOME=/home/deploy
LANG=C.UTF-8
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=00:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:
LC_TERMINAL=iTerm2
LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
TERM=xterm-256color
LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
USER=deploy
LC_TERMINAL_VERSION=3.4.19
SHLVL=1
XDG_SESSION_ID=15
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1005
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
PATH=/home/deploy/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:/home/deploy/.rbenv/shims:/home/deploy/.rbenv/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1005/bus
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/3
_=/usr/bin/env

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

[daveomcd]

@mperham not sure where your original message went - but that did help adding this to my /lib/systemd/system/sidekiq.service file.

Environment="REDIS_URL=rediss://:[REDACTED_PASSWORD]@master.my-app-aws-redis-cluster.axrtyv.use1.cache.amazonaws.com:6379/1"

I can now see the jobs and the sidekiq ui at the /sidekiq path. I'm running into a last (i hope) issue. So I have placed the URL in my REDIS_URL variable and also in my configuration in initializers/sidekiq.rb. However, when I go try to "delete" a job in the "retry" queue, I get the following error: Error connecting to Redis on localhost:6379 (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)

I'm not sure where to check for a "localhost:6379" configured server in sidekiq or the rest of my Rails application. Do you have any ideas? Or any leads for me to chase down? I noticed in the issues section a similar issue but people were receiving the "FORBIDDEN" message and I didn't see how it might apply to this case.

Thanks for all your help.

[daveomcd]

I finally figured out what was causing the issue. I was utilizing the following gem. I removed it and will find a different way to handle a job not running at the same time. Leaving this information incase it helps someone later.

The gem I removed was... https://github.com/veeqo/activejob-uniqueness