Jobs Plugin

Background job queue with BullMQ-style dispatch and a built-in dashboard. Free, MIT licensed.

Install

nself plugin install jobs

What It Does

Provides a Redis-backed job queue for background processing. Supports priority queues, delayed jobs, retries with exponential backoff, and job deduplication. Includes a web dashboard for monitoring queue depth and job status.

Dependencies

Requires Redis (REDIS_ENABLED=true in your .env).

Configuration

Env Var	Default	Description
JOBS_PORT	3105	Jobs service port
JOBS_CONCURRENCY	5	Workers per queue
JOBS_MAX_RETRIES	3	Max retry attempts
JOBS_RETRY_DELAY	60	Seconds between retries

Ports

Port	Purpose
3105	Jobs service REST API and dashboard

Database Tables

2 tables added to your Postgres database:

• np_jobs_definitions, registered job types
• np_jobs_history, completed/failed job records

Nginx Routes

Route	Target
/jobs-dashboard/	Job queue dashboard UI

API

GET  /health         — Health check
POST /jobs           — Enqueue a job
GET  /jobs/{id}      — Get job status
DELETE /jobs/{id}    — Cancel a job
GET  /queues         — List queues and depths