use redis in production environment for pub/sub instead of polling

README.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Below are the steps for getting regluit running on EC2 with Apache and mod_wsgi,
 1. create an ubuntu natty ec2 instance using ami-1aad5273
 1. `sudo aptitude update`
 1. `sudo aptitude upgrade`
-1. `sudo aptitude install git apache libapache2-mod-wsgi mysql-client python-virtualenv python-mysqldb`
+1. `sudo aptitude install git apache libapache2-mod-wsgi mysql-client python-virtualenv python-mysqldb redis-server`
 1. `sudo mkdir /opt/regluit`
 1. `sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu /opt/regluit`
 1. `cd /opt`

core/tasks.py

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ def add_related(isbn):
 
 @task
 def add_by_isbn(isbn):
-    bookloader.add_isbn(isbn)
+    bookloader.add_by_isbn(isbn)

requirements.pip

@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ nose
 django-profiles
 django-kombu
 django-celery
+redis

settings/prod.py

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ PAYPAL_TEST_NONPROFIT_PARTNER_EMAIL = ""
 
 BASE_URL = 'http://0.0.0.0/'
 
-# use database as queuing service in development
-BROKER_TRANSPORT = "djkombu.transport.DatabaseTransport"
-INSTALLED_APPS += ("djkombu",)
+# use redis for production queue
+BROKER_TRANSPORT = "redis"
+BROKER_HOST = "localhost"
+BROKER_PORT = 6379
+BROKER_VHOST = "0"