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intermediate
Rails with Sidekiq Background Jobs
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Architecture Visual
%% Autogenerated rails-sidekiq-redis
graph TD
classDef standard fill:#1e293b,stroke:#38bdf8,stroke-width:1px,color:#e5e7eb;
classDef c-actor fill:#1e293b,stroke:#e5e7eb,stroke-width:1px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5,color:#e5e7eb;
classDef c-compute fill:#422006,stroke:#fb923c,stroke-width:1px,color:#fed7aa;
classDef c-database fill:#064e3b,stroke:#34d399,stroke-width:1px,color:#d1fae5;
classDef c-network fill:#2e1065,stroke:#a855f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#f3e8ff;
classDef c-storage fill:#450a0a,stroke:#f87171,stroke-width:1px,color:#fee2e2;
classDef c-security fill:#450a0a,stroke:#f87171,stroke-width:1px,color:#fee2e2;
classDef c-gateway fill:#2e1065,stroke:#a855f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#f3e8ff;
classDef c-container fill:#422006,stroke:#facc15,stroke-width:1px,color:#fef9c3;
subgraph web_tier ["Web Tier"]
direction TB
nginx(("<img src="/icons/inframap/edge.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Nginx</b><br/><i>gateway</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Reverse proxy</span>"))
class nginx c-network
rails_app("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Rails Application</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Puma web server</span>")
class rails_app c-compute
action_cable("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Action Cable</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>WebSocket server</span>")
class action_cable c-compute
end
subgraph worker_tier ["Worker Tier"]
direction TB
sidekiq_workers("<img src="/icons/inframap/compute.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Sidekiq Workers</b><br/><i>service</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Background job processors</span>")
class sidekiq_workers c-compute
end
subgraph data_tier ["Data Tier"]
direction TB
postgres[("<img src="/icons/inframap/database.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>PostgreSQL</b><br/><i>database</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Application database</span>")]
class postgres c-database
redis[("<img src="/icons/inframap/database.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Redis</b><br/><i>database</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Cache & job queue</span>")]
class redis c-database
end
%% Orphans
users(("<img src="/icons/inframap/user.png" width="32" height="32" /><br/><b>Users</b><br/><i>actor</i><br/><span style='font-size:0.8em'>Web/mobile clients</span>"))
class users c-actor
%% Edges
users -.-> nginx
nginx -.-> rails_app
rails_app -.-> postgres
rails_app -.-> redis
sidekiq_workers -.-> redis
sidekiq_workers -.-> postgres
action_cable -.-> redis
Rails with Sidekiq Background Jobs
Production Ruby on Rails stack with Sidekiq for background job processing.
Rails handles web requests, Sidekiq processes background jobs (emails, reports, data processing), Redis serves as both cache and job queue, and PostgreSQL stores application data.
Tech Stack
| Component | Technology |
|---|---|
| Framework | Ruby on Rails |
| Jobs | Sidekiq |
| Cache | Redis |
| Database | PostgreSQL |
| Web | Puma |
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