One-click Horizon setup on Laravel Forge
53sShows how to enable Horizon with a single toggle, surprising developers who expect complex configuration.
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This video demonstrates how to set up Laravel Horizon on Laravel Forge to monitor queues. It covers enabling Horizon via a toggle, adding a termination command to the deployment script, and configuring the scheduler for metrics snapshots.
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[0:00]
Overview
Laravel Forge simplifies deployment, and Laravel Horizon simplifies queue monitoring. The video shows how to use them together.
[0:43]
Enabling Horizon on Forge
Turn on the Laravel Horizon switch in Forge to automatically set up a daemon to run Horizon.
[1:05]
Deployment Script Modification
Add 'forge artisan horizon:terminate' to the deployment script to restart Horizon on each deploy.
[1:46]
Metrics Dashboard Setup
Horizon's metrics dashboard requires the 'horizon:snapshot' command to run via the scheduler. Add 'artisan schedule:run' to Forge's scheduler or enable the Laravel Scheduler switch.
Setting up Laravel Horizon on Laravel Forge is straightforward: enable the Horizon toggle, add a termination command to the deployment script, and configure the scheduler for metrics snapshots.
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What command should be added to the deployment script to restart Horizon on each deploy?
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What command should be added to the deployment script to restart Horizon on each deploy?
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forge artisan horizon:terminate
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How do you enable Horizon on Laravel Forge?
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How do you enable Horizon on Laravel Forge?
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Turn on the Laravel Horizon switch in Forge.
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What command needs to be scheduled for Horizon's metrics dashboard to work?
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What command needs to be scheduled for Horizon's metrics dashboard to work?
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horizon:snapshot (via artisan schedule:run)
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💡 Key Takeaways
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One-click Horizon enable
Demonstrates the simplicity of enabling Horizon on Forge with a single toggle.
0:43
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Deployment script integration
Shows how to automatically restart Horizon during deployments using a simple command.
1:05
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Metrics dashboard scheduler setup
Explains the additional step needed to collect queue metrics via the scheduler.
1:46Full Transcript
[00:00] larl Forge is one of the easiest ways to
[00:02] deploy your larl application to your
[00:03] server while larl Horizon is one of the
[00:06] easiest ways to monitor your cues but
[00:08] how easy is it to use Lille Horizon and
[00:11] Lille Forge together why don't we take a
[00:14] look I've already created and scaffolded
[00:16] out lville application with Lille Breeze
[00:19] and lville Horizon installed that's in
[00:21] my GitHub repository and then I have a
[00:23] server in my laravel Forge account in
[00:27] that server I have a site with that g
[00:30] repository already set up so you already
[00:32] have an application on lville Forge you
[00:34] have lville Horizon installed on that
[00:35] application what's the steps to make
[00:38] sure that Horizon is actually running on
[00:40] Lille Forge well it's a little tricky we
[00:43] have this lville Horizon switch right
[00:46] here and I'm just going to turn that
[00:51] on
[00:53] and that's
[00:57] it okay but there are some things that
[00:59] actually happen behind the scenes and if
[01:01] you wanted to set this up manually how
[01:03] would you do that well the first thing
[01:05] that happens is in our deployment we
[01:07] need to make sure that we have Forge
[01:09] Artisan Horizon terminate in our
[01:12] deployment script this is just telling
[01:14] Lille Forge that anytime we redeploy
[01:17] something in this case I have quick
[01:18] deploy enabled with my GitHub repository
[01:21] we're just going to restart lville
[01:23] Horizon next turning on that switch
[01:26] started an active Damon on our server to
[01:28] run Horizon and just to make sure
[01:31] everything's working we'll go ahead and
[01:32] go to Horizon there we go everything's
[01:36] installed everything's running behind
[01:38] the scenes and no other setup is needed
[01:40] if you're wanting to have lville Horizon
[01:42] Lille Forge running on the same server
[01:45] now one more thing to know is Horizon
[01:46] does include a metrics dashboard which
[01:49] provides information regarding your job
[01:51] and Q times and you have to make sure
[01:53] that that Horizon snapshot command is
[01:55] actually located and actually running in
[01:58] your application so first you just make
[02:00] sure that this is in your routes console
[02:03] file so in your server you go ahead and
[02:05] go to your scheduler Tab and in here
[02:07] you'll create a new schedule job with
[02:09] the command to run Artisan schedule run
[02:12] in your site folder so this would be
[02:15] maybe default or whatever your site is
[02:17] named Forge and then whenever you would
[02:19] like that scheduled command to be run or
[02:22] since laral Forge also makes this part
[02:24] incredibly easy as well you go into your
[02:26] site and the site you want to enable
[02:28] that scheduler to run
[02:30] there's this simple Lille scheduler
[02:32] switch right here we'll turn that
[02:35] on and you can see it sets everything up
[02:39] for us if I was to go back into our
[02:41] scheduler we have that custom job ran
[02:44] every minute right there and of course
[02:47] you can edit that as need be lville
[02:49] Horizon is incredibly simple to get up
[02:51] and running on Lille Forge so that you
[02:53] can easily monitor your cues while
[02:55] deploying effortlessly
[02:58] [Applause]
[02:59] [Music]