Rabbitmq or redis will already be in apt or yum so a simple

  sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server # or redis
  pip install celery

You are ready to use their example[0]

  from celery import Celery

  app = Celery('tasks', broker='pyamqp://guest@localhost//')

  @app.task
  def add(x, y):
      return x + y

The idea of a mq might feel over-engineered. But the deployment and use is actually straight forward.

[0]: http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/getting-started/firs...