ruby on rails - delayed_job fails jobs when running as a daemon. Runs fine when using rake jobs:work -

i literally @ wits end this. don't understand why isn't working.

i have made class, call , queue using rake command. when run worker using 'rake jobs:work' , call command 'rake get_updates', executes fine.

however, when run worker daemon (rails_env=production bin/delayed_job start) , call command 'rake get_updates' produces error.

app/workers/get_updates.rb

class getupdates     def perform          beginning = time.now          include soaphelper          require 'nokogiri'         require 'activerecord-import'          product_count = 0         contloop = true          while(contloop == true)              @xml = nokogiri::xml(get_unsent_data())             @guid = @xml.xpath('.//message').attr("id")             bulkupdates = []              if (@xml.xpath('.//product').count > 0)                  @xml.xpath('.//product').each |p|                      product_count += 1                      update = update.new                     update.update_type = p.attr("updatetype")                      codes = hash.new                      p.children().each |info|                           info.xpath('.//productcodes/code').each |coco|                             codes[coco.attr("scheme").to_s] = coco.content                         end                               update.data = p.children().to_xml.to_s                      end                      bulkupdates << update                  end                  if update.import bulkupdates                    acknowledge_soap_receipt(@guid.to_s)                  else                    puts "error, data not saved"                   contloop = false                  end              else                 contloop = false             end          end          @time = "time elapsed #{time.now - beginning} seconds"         puts "product count: #{ product_count }"         puts @time      end end 

clockwork.rake

task :get_updates => :environment      delayed::job.enqueue getupdates.new  end 

autoload paths in 'application.rb'

config.autoload_paths += %w(#{config.root}/app/workers) config.autoload_paths += %w(#{config.root}/app/helpers) 

the error message when trying execute job

job failed load: undefined class/module getupdates. handler: "--- !ruby/object:getupdates {}\n\n" /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/backend/base.rb:97:in `rescue in payload_object' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/backend/base.rb:89:in `payload_object' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/backend/base.rb:105:in `block in invoke_job' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:60:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:60:in `block in initialize' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:65:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:65:in `execute' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:38:in `run_callbacks' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/backend/base.rb:102:in `invoke_job' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:206:in `block (2 levels) in run' /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:69:in `timeout' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:206:in `block in run' /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/benchmark.rb:295:in `realtime' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:205:in `run' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:267:in `block in reserve_and_run_one_job' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:60:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:60:in `block in initialize' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:65:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:65:in `execute' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:38:in `run_callbacks' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:267:in `reserve_and_run_one_job' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:189:in `block in work_off' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:188:in `times' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:188:in `work_off' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:153:in `block (4 levels) in start' /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/lib/ruby/1.9.1/benchmark.rb:295:in `realtime' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:152:in `block (3 levels) in start' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:60:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:60:in `block in initialize' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:65:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:65:in `execute' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:38:in `run_callbacks' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:151:in `block (2 levels) in start' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:150:in `loop' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:150:in `block in start' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/plugins/clear_locks.rb:7:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/plugins/clear_locks.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in <class:clearlocks>' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:78:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in add' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:60:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:60:in `block in initialize' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:78:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:78:in `block in add' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:65:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:65:in `execute' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/lifecycle.rb:38:in `run_callbacks' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/worker.rb:149:in `start' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/command.rb:104:in `run' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/command.rb:92:in `block in run_process' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application.rb:255:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application.rb:255:in `block in start_proc' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/daemonize.rb:82:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/daemonize.rb:82:in `call_as_daemon' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application.rb:259:in `start_proc' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application.rb:296:in `start' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:159:in `block (2 levels) in start_all' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:158:in `fork' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:158:in `block in start_all' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:157:in `each' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:157:in `start_all' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/controller.rb:80:in `run' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons.rb:197:in `block in run_proc' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/cmdline.rb:109:in `call' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons/cmdline.rb:109:in `catch_exceptions' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/daemons-1.1.9/lib/daemons.rb:196:in `run_proc' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/command.rb:90:in `run_process' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/command.rb:83:in `block in daemonize' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/command.rb:81:in `times' /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/delayed_job-4.0.0/lib/delayed/command.rb:81:in `daemonize' bin/delayed_job:6:in `<main>' 

try loading class in initializer:

# in config/initializers/delayed_job.rb require 'get_updates' 

that should make available job.