How to Install Beanstalkd on openSUSE Latest

Beanstalkd is an open-source, simple, and fast work queue designed to speed up application performance by offloading time-consuming tasks to background workers. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Beanstalkd on the latest version of openSUSE.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that your system is up-to-date by running the following command:

$ sudo zypper refresh

Step 1: Install Beanstalkd

In openSUSE, you can install Beanstalkd using the following command:

$ sudo zypper install beanstalkd

This command will install Beanstalkd and all its dependencies.

Step 2: Start Beanstalkd

By default, Beanstalkd is not started after installation. To start Beanstalkd, run the following command:

$ sudo systemctl start beanstalkd

This command will start Beanstalkd as a service.

Step 3: Verify Installation

To verify that Beanstalkd is running, you can use the systemctl status command:

$ sudo systemctl status beanstalkd

If Beanstalkd is running, you'll see the following message:

● beanstalkd.service - Beanstalkd is a simple, fast workqueue.
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/beanstalkd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-11-21 02:55:13 UTC; 2min 5s ago
  Process: 12668 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/beanstalkd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 12672 (beanstalkd)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 38427)
   Memory: 1.1M
   CGroup: /system.slice/beanstalkd.service
           └─12672 /usr/bin/beanstalkd -l 127.0.0.1 -p 11300

This output indicates that Beanstalkd is running successfully.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and start Beanstalkd on openSUSE Latest. Now, you're ready to start using Beanstalkd as part of your application's infrastructure.