feat: add BullMQ background job provider with Bull Board dashboard (#2657)

Add a new BullMQ/Redis-backed job provider as an alternative to the
existing Inngest and Local providers. Includes Bull Board UI for job
monitoring at /api/jobs/board (admin-only in production, open in dev).
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## Background Jobs
Documenso uses a PostgreSQL-based job queue by default. Jobs (email delivery, document processing, webhook dispatch) are stored in the `BackgroundJob` table and processed via internal HTTP requests. No external queue service like Redis is required.
Documenso supports multiple background job providers for processing emails, documents, webhooks, and scheduled tasks.
| Variable | Description | Default |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_JOBS_PROVIDER` | Jobs provider: `local` (PostgreSQL-based queue) or `inngest` (managed service) | `local` |
### Provider Selection
### Inngest Configuration
| Variable | Description | Default |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_JOBS_PROVIDER` | Jobs provider: `local` (PostgreSQL), `bullmq` (Redis), or `inngest` (managed service) | `local` |
| Variable | Description |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_INNGEST_EVENT_KEY` | Inngest event key |
| `INNGEST_EVENT_KEY` | Alternative Inngest event key |
| `INNGEST_SIGNING_KEY` | Inngest signing key for webhook verification |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_INNGEST_APP_ID` | Custom Inngest app ID |
### Local (local)
No additional configuration required. Jobs are stored in PostgreSQL and processed via internal HTTP requests.
| Variable | Description | Default |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_INTERNAL_WEBAPP_URL` | Internal URL for the app to send job requests to itself | Same as `NEXT_PUBLIC_WEBAPP_URL` |
### BullMQ (bullmq)
| Variable | Required | Description | Default |
| ---------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_REDIS_URL` | Yes | Redis connection URL (e.g., `redis://localhost:6379`) | |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_REDIS_PREFIX` | No | Key prefix for Redis queues (useful when sharing an instance) | `documenso` |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_BULLMQ_CONCURRENCY` | No | Number of concurrent jobs to process | `10` |
### Inngest (inngest)
| Variable | Required | Description |
| -------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_INNGEST_EVENT_KEY` | Yes | Inngest event key |
| `INNGEST_EVENT_KEY` | No | Alternative Inngest event key |
| `INNGEST_SIGNING_KEY` | Yes | Inngest signing key for webhook verification |
| `NEXT_PRIVATE_INNGEST_APP_ID` | No | Custom Inngest app ID |
For setup guides and provider recommendations, see [Background Jobs](/docs/self-hosting/configuration/background-jobs).
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