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Wger-celery-beat

Celery Beat is the scheduled-task runner for wger, a free self-hosted workout and fitness manager, automatically running periodic background jobs such as…

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Celery Beat is the scheduled-task runner for wger, a free self-hosted workout and fitness manager, automatically running periodic background jobs such as exercise-data sync and database cleanup.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

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Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 13 days ago

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Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 15 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Fill in wger.env before starting In your wger.env settings file, set ALLOWED_HOSTS to your site address, add a long random DJANGO_SECRET_KEY (a secret string the app uses to secure sessions), and enter the database login details. If these are missing or wrong, wger and the background scheduler may fail to start or may be unable to reach the database. source
  • Create the database first Install PostgreSQL (the database program that stores users, workouts, and settings) and create a database and user named wger with a password. If the database is missing or the credentials do not match, wger has nowhere to save data and will fail to start. source
  • Start the Celery Beat timer Run celery -A wger beat -l INFO in the same wger setup to start Celery Beat, which is the scheduler that runs background jobs at set times. Without it, scheduled tasks will not happen even if the web app is running. source

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Alternatives (5)

  • GymMane - GymMane is a free, offline gym log for Android.
  • Hevy Workout Tracker - Simple workout logging, insightful analytics, and a growing community of gym athletes.
  • Liftosaur - The most flexible weightlifting tracker app ever.
  • Strong - Strength training logger.
  • openGym - openGym is a self-hosted gym and body-weight tracker.

Checked yesterday - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

What command starts the wger periodic-task scheduler, and what happens if it is not running?

Run celery -A wger beat -l INFO in the same wger setup to start Celery Beat. Without it, scheduled tasks will not happen even if the web app is running.

How should the scheduler be kept running in a production deployment?

It should be properly daemonized as a service. One documented option is a systemd service file.

Which environment and database settings must be correct before starting the scheduler?

Set ALLOWED_HOSTS, a long random DJANGO_SECRET_KEY, and database login details in wger.env. Also create a PostgreSQL database and user named wger with a password. If these are missing or wrong, wger and the background scheduler may fail to start or reach the database.

What does the community say about running it with Portainer?

One self-hoster was trying to put the wger app on Portainer and reported having issues, but the source does not provide a working guide.

Answers sourced from wger.readthedocs.io, wger.readthedocs.io, wger.readthedocs.io, www.reddit.com

Community

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