.. _broker-beanstalk: ================= Using Beanstalk ================= .. _broker-beanstalk-installation: .. admonition:: Out of order The Beanstalk transport is currently not working well. We are interested in contributions and donations that can go towards improving this situation. Installation ============ For the Beanstalk support you have to install additional dependencies. You can install both Celery and these dependencies in one go using the ``celery[beanstalk]`` :ref:`bundle `: .. code-block:: bash $ pip install -U celery[beanstalk] .. _broker-beanstalk-configuration: Configuration ============= Configuration is easy, set the transport, and configure the location of your Beanstalk database:: BROKER_URL = 'beanstalk://localhost:11300' Where the URL is in the format of:: beanstalk://hostname:port The host name will default to ``localhost`` and the port to 11300, and so they are optional. .. _beanstalk-results-configuration: Results ------- Using Beanstalk to store task state and results is currently **not supported**. .. _broker-beanstalk-limitations: Limitations =========== The Beanstalk message transport does not currently support: * Remote control commands (:program:`celery control`, :program:`celery inspect`, broadcast) * Authentication