Connection preferences

Background

The Connection preferences are a way to control precisely how to connect to the PlanetPress Connect Connect Server.

This preference page was added in Connect 2018.2 to simplify management of HTTP communication with Connect.

It allows Connect inter-engine communication to occur on an alternate port, reducing the chances of inter-engine communication being starved of connections when running on a system that processes very large numbers of HTTP connections.


Connection settings

  • Primary Connection group. Use this to adjust the HTTP communication settings for Connect.
    • Port: Set the primary HTTP Server connection port number for Connect.
    • Maximum threads: Sets the maximum number of HTTP threads for processing requests.
      This entry should only be changed in consultation with OL.
    • Maximum queues: Sets the maximum number of requests can remain in the queue.
      This entry should only be changed in consultation with OL.
    • Maximum asynchronous jobs: Set the maximum number of requests that can be executed simultaneously.
      This does not limit the number of requests that can be received, just how many are processed in parallel. Additional requests are buffered and are processed as capabilities allow.

      The default setting is twice the number of processing cores available to the computer. This can be expanded, if the limitation is deemed a bottleneck.
  • Dedicated Internal Connection checkbox:
    Set the internal connection HTTP communication setting values. These settings are purely for Connect inter-engine communication.
    If used, local security settings (including firewalls) must be taken into consideration.
    • Port: Set the Server connection port number. This cannot be the same at the Primary connection port number.
    • Maximum threads: Sets the maximum number of HTTP threads for processing requests.
      This entry should only be changed in consultation with OL.
    • Maximum queues: Sets the maximum number of requests can remain in the queue.
      This entry should only be changed in consultation with OL.

Buttons

The Connections preferences also provides you with buttons to :

  • Restore Defaults. This option restores the preferences to Defaults. This applies to the current Preferences page only, but not other Preferences.
  • Apply: This option applies the settings made within the current Preferences page, but does not close the Preferences dialog.