How to configure a custom connection for Laravel queues?

To configure a custom connection for Laravel queues, you can follow these steps:

Open the config/queue.php file in your Laravel project.
Locate the connections array within the configuration file. This array holds the different queue connections that are available.
Add a new array key in the connections array for your custom connection. For example, if you want to create a custom connection named custom, your configuration array would look like this:

'connections' => [
    'custom' => [
        // Configuration options for the custom connection
    ],
],

Inside the custom array, you can specify the configuration options for your custom connection. These configuration options will depend on the queue driver you are using. Here is an example for a custom connection using the database driver:

'custom' => [
    'driver' => 'database',
    'table' => 'custom_jobs',
    'queue' => 'custom_queue',
    'connection' => 'custom_connection',
],

In this example, driver specifies the driver to use, table specifies the database table name where the jobs will be stored, queue sets the queue name for the custom connection, and connection specifies the database connection to use.

Save the config/queue.php file.
You can now use the custom connection in your application by specifying it in the queue option of your job or by using the --queue flag when running Laravel's queue worker. For example, to use the custom connection custom, you can define it in your job class like this:

protected $connection = 'custom';

Or, when running the queue worker with the custom connection:

php artisan queue:work --queue=custom

That's it! You have successfully configured a custom connection for Laravel queues. You can use this custom connection to separate queues for different tasks or to connect to different queue drivers.