Messenger plugin preferences

Apart from enabling communication between the various parts of PlanetPress Workflow, the PlanetPress Workflow Messenger also manages local instances of the PlanetPress Workflow Alambic.

Preferences

• PlanetPress Alambic options group
  • Let me set up how many instances to run: Select this option if you want to limit the number of instances of the Alambic that PlanetPress Workflow can run. Then enter the number of instances, a value ranging from 1 to 32, in the box below. When this option is not selected, PlanetPress Workflow starts a minimum of three instances and a maximum of eight, based on the number of CPUs available on the server. Note that this does affects self-replicating processes. Self-replicating processes will create threads in PlanetPress Workflow service, while Alambic threads are under the PlanetPress Messenger service.
  • Close inactive instances after: If you want the PlanetPress Workflow Messenger to close inactive instances of the Alambic after a given number of minutes, enter a value in this box. Enter a value of ”0” if you do not want the Messenger to terminate idle instances of the Alambic.
• Logging options group
  • Delete log files after: Enter the number of days after which to delete the Messenger service logs. Each log covers a 24-hour period and is kept in the Log folder, which is located in the installation folder.
  • Verbose log: Select this option if you want the log to contain a maximum amount of information.