Process control in Akeneo

Akeneo is a Product information management system that is a very effective tool for managing Multilingual, multi-currency, and large no. of products in a single or multi-channel environment.

Import and export in Akeneo are done via Jobs. These jobs run in the background and perform import/export/calculation.  Process control manages the background process for these jobs.

Without a process control system or any other alternative, jobs will always show Status Starting … and they will never start.

A process control system like a supervisor is the solution for this.

The supervisor is the most commonly used and recommended process control for Akeneo.

How to setup?

1. Install supervisor by running the commands

apt update
apt install supervisor

2. Setup supervisor configuration by editing file /etc/supervisor/conf.d/conf.conf by running the command

sudo nano /etc/supervisor/conf.d/conf.conf

3.Then Insert the following data in the file and save

For Akeeno <= 5.x

[program:akeneo_queue_daemon]
command=/path/to/php /path/to/your/pim/bin/console akeneo:batch:job-queue-consumer-daemon --env=prod
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stderr_logfile=/var/log/akeneo_daemon.err.log
stdout_logfile=/var/log/akeneo_daemon.out.log
user=my_user
stopasgroup=true

For Akeneo >= 6.x

[program:akeneo_queue_daemon]
command=/path/to/php /path/to/your/pim/bin/console messenger:consume ui_job import_export_job data_maintenance_job --env=prod -vv
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stderr_logfile=/var/log/akeneo_daemon.err.log
stdout_logfile=/var/log/akeneo_daemon.out.log
user=my_user
stopasgroup=true

Note:

1. You must create  stderr_logfile (akeneo_daemon.err.log) and stdout_logfile (akeneo_daemon.out.log) at mentioned path.
2. Modify my_user with the username of the user that runs PHP fpm

Now run commands

sudo supervisorctl reread
sudo supervisorctl update
sudo supervisorctl start akeneo_queue_daemon

After that jobs will get the start.

Monit is another process control system. Monit is the possible replacement of supervisor. It is a common choice with docker. It has some interesting features like manage boot order, dependencies, max retry count, timeout etc other than obvious process monitoring.

How to setup? ^{(for: ubuntu, debian, mint)}

1. Install monit by running the command

   sudo apt-get install monit

2. Setup monit configurations by editing file  /etc/monit/monitrc by running the command.

   sudo nano /etc/monit/monitrc

   3.Set up the access server, username, password etc

set httpd port 2812 and
use address localhost  # only accept connection from localhost
allow localhost        # allow localhost to connect to the server and
allow admin:monit      # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'
allow @monit           # allow users of group 'monit' to connect (rw)
allow @users readonly  # allow users of group 'users' to connect readonly

4.Add akeneo daemon in config by editing file /etc/monit/conf.d/akeneo_queue_daemon

For Akeneo <= 5.x

check process akeneo_queue_daemon with pidfile /var/run/akeneo_queue_daemon.pid
start program = “/path/to/php /path/to/your/pim/bin/console akeneo:batch:job-queue-consumer-daemon --env=prod”

For Akeneo >= 6.x

check process akeneo_queue_daemon with pidfile /var/run/akeneo_queue_daemon.pid
start program = “/path/to/php /path/to/your/pim/bin/console messenger:consume ui_job import_export_job data_maintenance_job --env=prod -vv”

The user may also use other process controls system like systemd.

But above-listed process control systems are popular ones and a supervisor is generally used in Akeneo.

So, that was much about the  Process control in Akeneo for any queries or doubts reach out to us at support@webkul.com. You can also raise a ticket at our HelpDesk System.