% OLAMIC-WORKER(8)
% Julian B Kongslie
% October 2020

# NAME

olamic-worker - run olamic tasks

# SYNOPSIS

**olamic-worker**

# DESCRIPTION

**olamic-worker** will continuously try to pull a new task from the olamic
queue, and run it. It uses its current working directory as a scratch space.

# ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

**OLAMIC_EMAIL**
:   The default email to complain to if a task fails. This can (and typically
    will) be overridden on a per-task basis.

**OLAMIC_QUEUE_HOST**
:   The host where the olamic queue lives. Defaults to the local machine.

**OLAMIC_QUEUE_DIR**
:   The directory where the olamic queue lives. Defaults to /srv/olamic/queue.

**OLAMIC_WORKER_PERIOD**
:   How long the worker sleeps for when it can't find a task. Defaults to one
    minute.

# SEE ALSO

olamic-enqueue(1)