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title: "VendureWorker"
generated: true
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<GenerationInfo sourceFile="packages/core/src/worker/vendure-worker.ts" sourceLine="13" packageName="@vendure/core" />

This object is created by calling the [bootstrapWorker](/current/core/reference/typescript-api/worker/bootstrap-worker#bootstrapworker) function.

```ts title="Signature"
class VendureWorker {
    public app: INestApplicationContext;
    constructor(app: INestApplicationContext)
    startJobQueue() => Promise<VendureWorker>;
    startHealthCheckServer(healthCheckConfig: WorkerHealthCheckConfig) => Promise<VendureWorker>;
}
```

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### app

\<MemberInfo kind="property" type={`INestApplicationContext`}   />

A reference to the `INestApplicationContext` object, which represents
the NestJS [standalone application](https://docs.nestjs.com/standalone-applications) instance.

### startJobQueue

\<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`() => Promise<<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/worker/vendure-worker#vendureworker'>VendureWorker</a>>`}   />

Starts the job queues running so that the worker can handle background jobs.

### startHealthCheckServer

\<MemberInfo kind="method" type={`(healthCheckConfig: <a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/worker/worker-health-check-config#workerhealthcheckconfig'>WorkerHealthCheckConfig</a>) => Promise<<a href='/current/core/reference/typescript-api/worker/vendure-worker#vendureworker'>VendureWorker</a>>`}  since="1.2.0"  />

Starts a simple http server which can be used as a health check on the worker instance.
This endpoint can be used by container orchestration services such as Kubernetes to
verify whether the worker is running.

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