celery/docs/configuration.rst

.. _configuration:

============================
 Configuration and defaults
============================

This document describes the configuration options available.

If you're using the default loader, you must create the :file:`celeryconfig.py`
module and make sure it is available on the Python path.

.. contents::
    :local:
    :depth: 2

.. _conf-example:

Example configuration file
==========================

This is an example configuration file to get you started.
It should contain all you need to run a basic Celery set-up.

.. code-block:: python

    # List of modules to import when celery starts.
    CELERY_IMPORTS = ("myapp.tasks", )

    ## Result store settings.
    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "database"
    CELERY_RESULT_DBURI = "sqlite:///mydatabase.db"

    ## Broker settings.
    BROKER_HOST = "localhost"
    BROKER_PORT = 5672
    BROKER_VHOST = "/"
    BROKER_USER = "guest"
    BROKER_PASSWORD = "guest"

    ## Worker settings
    ## If you're doing mostly I/O you can have more processes,
    ## but if mostly spending CPU, try to keep it close to the
    ## number of CPUs on your machine. If not set, the number of CPUs/cores
    ## available will be used.
    CELERYD_CONCURRENCY = 10
    # CELERYD_LOG_FILE = "celeryd.log"
    # CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL = "INFO"


Configuration Directives
========================

.. _conf-concurrency:

Concurrency settings
--------------------

.. setting:: CELERYD_CONCURRENCY

CELERYD_CONCURRENCY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The number of concurrent worker processes, executing tasks simultaneously.

Defaults to the number of CPUs/cores available.

.. setting:: CELERYD_PREFETCH_MULTIPLIER

CELERYD_PREFETCH_MULTIPLIER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How many messages to prefetch at a time multiplied by the number of
concurrent processes.  The default is 4 (four messages for each
process).  The default setting is usually a good choice, however -- if you
have very long running tasks waiting in the queue and you have to start the
workers, note that the first worker to start will receive four times the
number of messages initially.  Thus the tasks may not be fairly distributed
to the workers.

.. _conf-result-backend:

Task result backend settings
----------------------------

.. setting:: CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND

CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The backend used to store task results (tombstones).
Can be one of the following:

* database (default)
    Use a relational database supported by `SQLAlchemy`_.
    See :ref:`conf-database-result-backend`.

* cache
    Use `memcached`_ to store the results.
    See :ref:`conf-cache-result-backend`.

* mongodb
    Use `MongoDB`_ to store the results.
    See :ref:`conf-mongodb-result-backend`.

* redis
    Use `Redis`_ to store the results.
    See :ref:`conf-redis-result-backend`.

* tyrant
    Use `Tokyo Tyrant`_ to store the results.
    See :ref:`conf-tyrant-result-backend`.

* amqp
    Send results back as AMQP messages
    See :ref:`conf-amqp-result-backend`.

.. warning:

    While the AMQP result backend is very efficient, you must make sure
    you only receive the same result once.  See :doc:`userguide/executing`).

.. _`SQLAlchemy`: http://sqlalchemy.org
.. _`memcached`: http://memcached.org
.. _`MongoDB`: http://mongodb.org
.. _`Redis`: http://code.google.com/p/redis/
.. _`Tokyo Tyrant`: http://1978th.net/tokyotyrant/

.. _conf-database-result-backend:

Database backend settings
-------------------------

.. setting:: CELERY_RESULT_DBURI

CELERY_RESULT_DBURI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please see `Supported Databases`_ for a table of supported databases.
To use this backend you need to configure it with an
`Connection String`_, some examples include:

.. code-block:: python

    # sqlite (filename)
    CELERY_RESULT_DBURI = "sqlite:///celerydb.sqlite"

    # mysql
    CELERY_RESULT_DBURI = "mysql://scott:tiger@localhost/foo"

    # postgresql
    CELERY_RESULT_DBURI = "postgresql://scott:tiger@localhost/mydatabase"

    # oracle
    CELERY_RESULT_DBURI = "oracle://scott:tiger@127.0.0.1:1521/sidname"

See `Connection String`_ for more information about connection
strings.

.. setting:: CELERY_RESULT_ENGINE_OPTIONS

CELERY_RESULT_ENGINE_OPTIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To specify additional SQLAlchemy database engine options you can use
the :setting:`CELERY_RESULT_ENGINE_OPTIONS` setting::

    # echo enables verbose logging from SQLAlchemy.
    CELERY_RESULT_ENGINE_OPTIONS = {"echo": True}

.. _`Supported Databases`:
    http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/dbengine.html#supported-databases

.. _`Connection String`:
    http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/dbengine.html#create-engine-url-arguments

Example configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: python

    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "database"
    CELERY_RESULT_DBURI = "mysql://user:password@host/dbname"

.. _conf-amqp-result-backend:

AMQP backend settings
---------------------

.. setting:: CELERY_AMQP_TASK_RESULT_EXPIRES

CELERY_AMQP_TASK_RESULT_EXPIRES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The time in seconds of which the task result queues should expire.

.. note::

    AMQP result expiration requires RabbitMQ versions 2.1.0 and higher.

.. setting:: CELERY_RESULT_EXCHANGE

CELERY_RESULT_EXCHANGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the exchange to publish results in.  Default is `"celeryresults"`.

.. setting:: CELERY_RESULT_EXCHANGE_TYPE

CELERY_RESULT_EXCHANGE_TYPE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The exchange type of the result exchange.  Default is to use a `direct`
exchange.

.. setting:: CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER

CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Result message serialization format.  Default is `"pickle"`. See
:ref:`executing-serializers`.

.. setting:: CELERY_RESULT_PERSISTENT

CELERY_RESULT_PERSISTENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If set to :const:`True`, result messages will be persistent.  This means the
messages will not be lost after a broker restart.  The default is for the
results to be transient.

Example configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: python

    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "amqp"
    CELERY_AMQP_TASK_RESULT_EXPIRES = 18000  # 5 hours.

.. _conf-cache-result-backend:

Cache backend settings
----------------------

.. note::

    The cache backend supports the `pylibmc`_ and `python-memcached`
    libraries.  The latter is used only if `pylibmc`_ is not installed.

.. setting:: CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND

CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Using a single memcached server:

.. code-block:: python

    CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND = 'memcached://127.0.0.1:11211/'

Using multiple memcached servers:

.. code-block:: python

    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "cache"
    CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND = 'memcached://172.19.26.240:11211;172.19.26.242:11211/'

.. setting:: CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND_OPTIONS

CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND_OPTIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can set pylibmc options using the :setting:`CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND_OPTIONS`
setting:

.. code-block:: python

    CELERY_CACHE_BACKEND_OPTIONS = {"binary": True,
                                    "behaviors": {"tcp_nodelay": True}}

.. _`pylibmc`: http://sendapatch.se/projects/pylibmc/

.. _conf-tyrant-result-backend:

Tokyo Tyrant backend settings
-----------------------------

.. note::

    The Tokyo Tyrant backend requires the :mod:`pytyrant` library:
    http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytyrant/

This backend requires the following configuration directives to be set:

.. setting:: TT_HOST

TT_HOST
~~~~~~~

Host name of the Tokyo Tyrant server.

.. setting:: TT_PORT

TT_PORT
~~~~~~~

The port the Tokyo Tyrant server is listening to.


Example configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: python

    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "tyrant"
    TT_HOST = "localhost"
    TT_PORT = 1978

.. _conf-redis-result-backend:

Redis backend settings
----------------------

.. note::

    The Redis backend requires the :mod:`redis` library:
    http://pypi.python.org/pypi/redis/0.5.5

    To install the redis package use `pip` or `easy_install`::

        $ pip install redis

This backend requires the following configuration directives to be set.

.. setting:: REDIS_HOST

REDIS_HOST
~~~~~~~~~~

Host name of the Redis database server. e.g. `"localhost"`.

.. setting:: REDIS_PORT

REDIS_PORT
~~~~~~~~~~

Port to the Redis database server. e.g. `6379`.

.. setting:: REDIS_DB

REDIS_DB
~~~~~~~~

Database number to use. Default is 0

.. setting:: REDIS_PASSWORD

REDIS_PASSWORD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Password used to connect to the database.

Example configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: python

    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "redis"
    REDIS_HOST = "localhost"
    REDIS_PORT = 6379
    REDIS_DB = 0
    REDIS_CONNECT_RETRY = True

.. _conf-mongodb-result-backend:

MongoDB backend settings
------------------------

.. note:: 

    The MongoDB backend requires the :mod:`pymongo` library:
    http://github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/tree/master

.. setting:: CELERY_MONGODB_BACKEND_SETTINGS

CELERY_MONGODB_BACKEND_SETTINGS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is a dict supporting the following keys:

* host
    Host name of the MongoDB server. Defaults to "localhost".

* port
    The port the MongoDB server is listening to. Defaults to 27017.

* user
    User name to authenticate to the MongoDB server as (optional).

* password
    Password to authenticate to the MongoDB server (optional).

* database
    The database name to connect to. Defaults to "celery".

* taskmeta_collection
    The collection name to store task meta data.
    Defaults to "celery_taskmeta".

.. _example-mongodb-result-config:

Example configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: python

    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "mongodb"
    CELERY_MONGODB_BACKEND_SETTINGS = {
        "host": "192.168.1.100",
        "port": 30000,
        "database": "mydb",
        "taskmeta_collection": "my_taskmeta_collection",
    }

.. _conf-messaging:

Message Routing
---------------

.. _conf-messaging-routing:

.. setting:: CELERY_QUEUES

CELERY_QUEUES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The mapping of queues the worker consumes from.  This is a dictionary
of queue name/options.  See :ref:`guide-routing` for more information.

The default is a queue/exchange/binding key of `"celery"`, with
exchange type `direct`.

You don't have to care about this unless you want custom routing facilities.

.. setting:: CELERY_ROUTES

CELERY_ROUTES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A list of routers, or a single router used to route tasks to queues.
When deciding the final destination of a task the routers are consulted
in order.  See :ref:`routers` for more information.

.. setting:: CELERY_CREATE_MISSING_QUEUES

CELERY_CREATE_MISSING_QUEUES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If enabled (default), any queues specified that is not defined in
:setting:`CELERY_QUEUES` will be automatically created. See
:ref:`routing-automatic`.

.. setting:: CELERY_DEFAULT_QUEUE

CELERY_DEFAULT_QUEUE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The queue used by default, if no custom queue is specified.  This queue must
be listed in :setting:`CELERY_QUEUES`.  The default is: `celery`.

.. seealso::

    :ref:`routing-changing-default-queue`

.. setting:: CELERY_DEFAULT_EXCHANGE

CELERY_DEFAULT_EXCHANGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the default exchange to use when no custom exchange is
specified.  The default is: `celery`.

.. setting:: CELERY_DEFAULT_EXCHANGE_TYPE

CELERY_DEFAULT_EXCHANGE_TYPE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Default exchange type used when no custom exchange is specified.
The default is: `direct`.

.. setting:: CELERY_DEFAULT_ROUTING_KEY

CELERY_DEFAULT_ROUTING_KEY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The default routing key used when sending tasks.
The default is: `celery`.

.. setting:: CELERY_DEFAULT_DELIVERY_MODE

CELERY_DEFAULT_DELIVERY_MODE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Can be `transient` or `persistent`.  The default is to send
persistent messages.

.. _conf-broker-connection:

Broker Settings
---------------

.. setting:: BROKER_BACKEND

BROKER_BACKEND
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The messaging backend to use. Default is `"amqplib"`.

.. setting:: BROKER_HOST

BROKER_HOST
~~~~~~~~~~~

Hostname of the broker.

.. setting:: BROKER_PORT

BROKER_PORT
~~~~~~~~~~~

Custom port of the broker.  Default is to use the default port for the
selected backend.

.. setting:: BROKER_USER

BROKER_USER
~~~~~~~~~~~

Username to connect as.

.. setting:: BROKER_PASSWORD

BROKER_PASSWORD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Password to connect with.

.. setting:: BROKER_VHOST

BROKER_VHOST
~~~~~~~~~~~~

Virtual host.  Default is `"/"`.

.. setting:: BROKER_USE_SSL

BROKER_USE_SSL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Use SSL to connect to the broker.  Off by default.  This may not be supported
by all transports.

.. setting:: BROKER_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT

BROKER_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The default timeout in seconds before we give up establishing a connection
to the AMQP server.  Default is 4 seconds.

.. setting:: CELERY_BROKER_CONNECTION_RETRY

BROKER_CONNECTION_RETRY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Automatically try to re-establish the connection to the AMQP broker if lost.

The time between retries is increased for each retry, and is
not exhausted before :setting:`CELERY_BROKER_CONNECTION_MAX_RETRIES` is
exceeded.

This behavior is on by default.

.. setting:: CELERY_BROKER_CONNECTION_MAX_RETRIES

CELERY_BROKER_CONNECTION_MAX_RETRIES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Maximum number of retries before we give up re-establishing a connection
to the AMQP broker.

If this is set to :const:`0` or :const:`None`, we will retry forever.

Default is 100 retries.

.. _conf-task-execution:

Task execution settings
-----------------------

.. setting:: CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER

CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If this is :const:`True`, all tasks will be executed locally by blocking
until it is finished.  `apply_async` and `Task.delay` will return
a :class:`~celery.result.EagerResult` which emulates the behavior of
:class:`~celery.result.AsyncResult`, except the result has already
been evaluated.

Tasks will never be sent to the queue, but executed locally
instead.

.. setting:: CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS

CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If this is :const:`True`, eagerly executed tasks (using `.apply`, or with
:setting:`CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER` on), will raise exceptions.

It's the same as always running `apply` with `throw=True`.

.. setting:: CELERY_IGNORE_RESULT

CELERY_IGNORE_RESULT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Whether to store the task return values or not (tombstones).
If you still want to store errors, just not successful return values,
you can set :setting:`CELERY_STORE_ERRORS_EVEN_IF_IGNORED`.

.. setting:: CELERY_TASK_RESULT_EXPIRES

CELERY_TASK_RESULT_EXPIRES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Time (in seconds, or a :class:`~datetime.timedelta` object) for when after
stored task tombstones will be deleted.

A built-in periodic task will delete the results after this time
(:class:`celery.task.backend_cleanup`).

.. note::

    For the moment this only works with the database, cache, redis and MongoDB
    backends. For the AMQP backend see
    :setting:`CELERY_AMQP_TASK_RESULT_EXPIRES`.

    When using the database or MongoDB backends, `celerybeat` must be
    running for the results to be expired.


.. setting:: CELERY_MAX_CACHED_RESULTS

CELERY_MAX_CACHED_RESULTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Total number of results to store before results are evicted from the
result cache.  The default is 5000.

.. setting:: CELERY_TRACK_STARTED

CELERY_TRACK_STARTED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If :const:`True` the task will report its status as "started" when the
task is executed by a worker.  The default value is :const:`False` as
the normal behaviour is to not report that level of granularity.  Tasks
are either pending, finished, or waiting to be retried.  Having a "started"
state can be useful for when there are long running tasks and there is a
need to report which task is currently running.

.. setting:: CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER

CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A string identifying the default serialization method to use.  Can be
`pickle` (default), `json`, `yaml`, `msgpack` or any custom serialization
methods that have been registered with :mod:`kombu.serialization.registry`.

.. seealso::

    :ref:`executing-serializers`.

.. setting:: CELERY_TASK_PUBLISH_RETRY

CELERY_TASK_PUBLISH_RETRY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Decides if publishing task messages will be retried in the case
of connection loss or other connection errors.
See also :setting:`CELERY_TASK_PUBLISH_RETRY_POLICY`.

Disabled by default.

.. setting:: CELERY_TASK_PUBLISH_RETRY_POLICY

Defines the default policy when retrying publishing a task message in
the case of connection loss or other connection errors.

This is a mapping that must contain the following keys:

    * `max_retries`

        Maximum number of retries before giving up, in this case the
        exception that caused the retry to fail will be raised.

        A value of 0 or :const:`None` means it will retry forever.

        The default is to retry 3 times.

    * `interval_start`

        Defines the number of seconds (float or integer) to wait between
        retries.  Default is 0, which means the first retry will be
        instantaneous.

    * `interval_step`

        On each consecutive retry this number will be added to the retry
        delay (float or integer).  Default is 0.2.

    * `interval_max`

        Maximum number of seconds (float or integer) to wait between
        retries.  Default is 0.2.

With the default policy of::

    {"max_retries": 3,
     "interval_start": 0,
     "interval_step": 0.2,
     "interval_max": 0.2}

the maximum time spent retrying will be 0.4 seconds.  It is set relatively
short by default because a connection failure could lead to a retry pile effect
if the broker connection is down: e.g. many web server processes waiting
to retry blocking other incoming requests.


CELERY_TASK_PUBLISH_RETRY_POLICY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. setting:: CELERY_DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT

CELERY_DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The global default rate limit for tasks.

This value is used for tasks that does not have a custom rate limit
The default is no rate limit.

.. setting:: CELERY_DISABLE_RATE_LIMITS

CELERY_DISABLE_RATE_LIMITS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Disable all rate limits, even if tasks has explicit rate limits set.

.. setting:: CELERY_ACKS_LATE

CELERY_ACKS_LATE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Late ack means the task messages will be acknowledged **after** the task
has been executed, not *just before*, which is the default behavior.

.. seealso::

    FAQ: :ref:`faq-acks_late-vs-retry`.

.. _conf-celeryd:

Worker: celeryd
---------------

.. setting:: CELERY_IMPORTS

CELERY_IMPORTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A sequence of modules to import when the celery daemon starts.

This is used to specify the task modules to import, but also
to import signal handlers and additional remote control commands, etc.

.. setting:: CELERYD_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD

CELERYD_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Maximum number of tasks a pool worker process can execute before
it's replaced with a new one.  Default is no limit.

.. setting:: CELERYD_TASK_TIME_LIMIT

CELERYD_TASK_TIME_LIMIT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Task hard time limit in seconds.  The worker processing the task will
be killed and replaced with a new one when this is exceeded.

.. setting:: CELERYD_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT

CELERYD_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Task soft time limit in seconds.

The :exc:`~celery.exceptions.SoftTimeLimitExceeded` exception will be
raised when this is exceeded.  The task can catch this to
e.g. clean up before the hard time limit comes.

Example:

.. code-block:: python

    from celery.task import task
    from celery.exceptions import SoftTimeLimitExceeded

    @task()
    def mytask():
        try:
            return do_work()
        except SoftTimeLimitExceeded:
            cleanup_in_a_hurry()

.. setting:: CELERY_STORE_ERRORS_EVEN_IF_IGNORED

CELERY_STORE_ERRORS_EVEN_IF_IGNORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If set, the worker stores all task errors in the result store even if
:attr:`Task.ignore_result <celery.task.base.Task.ignore_result>` is on.

.. setting:: CELERYD_STATE_DB

CELERYD_STATE_DB
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the file used to stores persistent worker state (like revoked tasks).
Can be a relative or absolute path, but be aware that the suffix `.db`
may be appended to the file name (depending on Python version).

Can also be set via the :option:`--statedb` argument to
:mod:`~celery.bin.celeryd`.

Not enabled by default.

.. setting:: CELERYD_ETA_SCHEDULER_PRECISION

CELERYD_ETA_SCHEDULER_PRECISION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Set the maximum time in seconds that the ETA scheduler can sleep between
rechecking the schedule.  Default is 1 second.

Setting this value to 1 second means the schedulers precision will
be 1 second. If you need near millisecond precision you can set this to 0.1.

.. _conf-error-mails:

Error E-Mails
-------------

.. setting:: CELERYD_SEND_TASK_ERROR_EMAILS

CELERY_SEND_TASK_ERROR_EMAILS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The default value for the `Task.send_error_emails` attribute, which if
set to :const:`True` means errors occurring during task execution will be
sent to :setting:`ADMINS` by e-mail.

.. setting:: CELERY_TASK_ERROR_WHITELIST

CELERY_TASK_ERROR_WHITELIST
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A white list of exceptions to send error e-mails for.

.. setting:: ADMINS

ADMINS
~~~~~~

List of `(name, email_address)` tuples for the administrators that should
receive error e-mails.

.. setting:: SERVER_EMAIL

SERVER_EMAIL
~~~~~~~~~~~~

The e-mail address this worker sends e-mails from.
Default is celery@localhost.

.. setting:: MAIL_HOST

MAIL_HOST
~~~~~~~~~

The mail server to use.  Default is `"localhost"`.

.. setting:: MAIL_HOST_USER

MAIL_HOST_USER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

User name (if required) to log on to the mail server with.

.. setting:: MAIL_HOST_PASSWORD

MAIL_HOST_PASSWORD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Password (if required) to log on to the mail server with.

.. setting:: MAIL_PORT

MAIL_PORT
~~~~~~~~~

The port the mail server is listening on.  Default is `25`.

.. _conf-example-error-mail-config:

Example E-Mail configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This configuration enables the sending of error e-mails to
george@vandelay.com and kramer@vandelay.com:

.. code-block:: python

    # Enables error e-mails.
    CELERY_SEND_TASK_ERROR_EMAILS = True

    # Name and e-mail addresses of recipients
    ADMINS = (
        ("George Costanza", "george@vandelay.com"),
        ("Cosmo Kramer", "kosmo@vandelay.com"),
    )

    # E-mail address used as sender (From field).
    SERVER_EMAIL = "no-reply@vandelay.com"

    # Mailserver configuration
    EMAIL_HOST = "mail.vandelay.com"
    EMAIL_PORT = 25
    # EMAIL_HOST_USER = "servers"
    # EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "s3cr3t"

.. _conf-events:

Events
------

.. setting:: CELERY_SEND_EVENTS

CELERY_SEND_EVENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Send events so the worker can be monitored by tools like `celerymon`.

.. setting:: CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE

CELERY_EVENT_QUEUE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the queue to consume event messages from. Default is
`"celeryevent"`.

.. setting:: CELERY_EVENT_EXCHANGE

CELERY_EVENT_EXCHANGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the exchange to send event messages to.  Default is `"celeryevent"`.

.. setting:: CELERY_EVENT_EXCHANGE_TYPE

CELERY_EVENT_EXCHANGE_TYPE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The exchange type of the event exchange.  Default is to use a `"direct"`
exchange.

.. setting:: CELERY_EVENT_ROUTING_KEY

CELERY_EVENT_ROUTING_KEY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Routing key used when sending event messages.  Default is `"celeryevent"`.

.. setting:: CELERY_EVENT_SERIALIZER

CELERY_EVENT_SERIALIZER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Message serialization format used when sending event messages.
Default is `"json"`. See :ref:`executing-serializers`.

.. _conf-broadcast:

Broadcast Commands
------------------

.. setting:: CELERY_BROADCAST_QUEUE

CELERY_BROADCAST_QUEUE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name prefix for the queue used when listening for broadcast messages.
The workers host name will be appended to the prefix to create the final
queue name.

Default is `"celeryctl"`.

.. setting:: CELERY_BROADCASTS_EXCHANGE

CELERY_BROADCAST_EXCHANGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the exchange used for broadcast messages.

Default is `"celeryctl"`.

.. setting:: CELERY_BROADCAST_EXCHANGE_TYPE

CELERY_BROADCAST_EXCHANGE_TYPE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Exchange type used for broadcast messages.  Default is `"fanout"`.

.. _conf-logging:

Logging
-------

.. setting:: CELERYD_LOG_FILE

CELERYD_LOG_FILE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The default file name the worker daemon logs messages to.  Can be overridden
using the :option:`--logfile` option to :mod:`~celery.bin.celeryd`.

The default is :const:`None` (`stderr`)

.. setting:: CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL

CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Worker log level, can be one of :const:`DEBUG`, :const:`INFO`, :const:`WARNING`,
:const:`ERROR` or :const:`CRITICAL`.

Can also be set via the :option:`--loglevel` argument to
:mod:`~celery.bin.celeryd`.

See the :mod:`logging` module for more information.

.. setting:: CELERYD_LOG_FORMAT

CELERYD_LOG_FORMAT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The format to use for log messages.

Default is `[%(asctime)s: %(levelname)s/%(processName)s] %(message)s`

See the Python :mod:`logging` module for more information about log
formats.

.. setting:: CELERYD_TASK_LOG_FORMAT

CELERYD_TASK_LOG_FORMAT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The format to use for log messages logged in tasks.  Can be overridden using
the :option:`--loglevel` option to :mod:`~celery.bin.celeryd`.

Default is::

    [%(asctime)s: %(levelname)s/%(processName)s]
        [%(task_name)s(%(task_id)s)] %(message)s

See the Python :mod:`logging` module for more information about log
formats.

.. setting:: CELERY_REDIRECT_STDOUTS

CELERY_REDIRECT_STDOUTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If enabled `stdout` and `stderr` will be redirected
to the current logger.

Enabled by default.
Used by :program:`celeryd` and :program:`celerybeat`.

.. setting:: CELERY_REDIRECT_STDOUTS_LEVEL

CELERY_REDIRECT_STDOUTS_LEVEL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The log level output to `stdout` and `stderr` is logged as.
Can be one of :const:`DEBUG`, :const:`INFO`, :const:`WARNING`,
:const:`ERROR` or :const:`CRITICAL`.

Default is :const:`WARNING`.

.. _conf-custom-components:

Custom Component Classes (advanced)
-----------------------------------

.. setting:: CELERYD_POOL

CELERYD_POOL
~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the task pool class used by the worker.
Default is :class:`celery.concurrency.processes.TaskPool`.

.. setting:: CELERYD_CONSUMER

CELERYD_CONSUMER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the consumer class used by the worker.
Default is :class:`celery.worker.consumer.Consumer`

.. setting:: CELERYD_MEDIATOR

CELERYD_MEDIATOR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the mediator class used by the worker.
Default is :class:`celery.worker.controllers.Mediator`.

.. setting:: CELERYD_ETA_SCHEDULER

CELERYD_ETA_SCHEDULER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the ETA scheduler class used by the worker.
Default is :class:`celery.worker.controllers.ScheduleController`.

.. _conf-celerybeat:

Periodic Task Server: celerybeat
--------------------------------

.. setting:: CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE

CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The periodic task schedule used by :mod:`~celery.bin.celerybeat`.
See :ref:`beat-entries`.

.. setting:: CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULER

CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The default scheduler class.  Default is
`"celery.beat.PersistentScheduler"`.

Can also be set via the :option:`-S` argument to
:mod:`~celery.bin.celerybeat`.

.. setting:: CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE_FILENAME

CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE_FILENAME
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Name of the file used by `PersistentScheduler` to store the last run times
of periodic tasks.  Can be a relative or absolute path, but be aware that the
suffix `.db` may be appended to the file name (depending on Python version).

Can also be set via the :option:`--schedule` argument to
:mod:`~celery.bin.celerybeat`.

.. setting:: CELERYBEAT_MAX_LOOP_INTERVAL

CELERYBEAT_MAX_LOOP_INTERVAL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The maximum number of seconds :mod:`~celery.bin.celerybeat` can sleep
between checking the schedule.  Default is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

.. setting:: CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE

CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The default file name to log messages to.  Can be overridden using
the `--logfile` option to :mod:`~celery.bin.celerybeat`.

The default is :const:`None` (`stderr`).

.. setting:: CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL

CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Logging level. Can be any of :const:`DEBUG`, :const:`INFO`, :const:`WARNING`,
:const:`ERROR`, or :const:`CRITICAL`.

Can also be set via the :option:`--loglevel` argument to
:mod:`~celery.bin.celerybeat`.

See the :mod:`logging` module for more information.

.. _conf-celerymon:

Monitor Server: celerymon
-------------------------

.. setting:: CELERYMON_LOG_FILE

CELERYMON_LOG_FILE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The default file name to log messages to.  Can be overridden using
the :option:`--logfile` argument to `celerymon`.

The default is :const:`None` (`stderr`)

.. setting:: CELERYMON_LOG_LEVEL

CELERYMON_LOG_LEVEL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Logging level. Can be any of :const:`DEBUG`, :const:`INFO`, :const:`WARNING`,
:const:`ERROR`, or :const:`CRITICAL`.

See the :mod:`logging` module for more information.