How to use Beanstalkd as the queue driver in Laravel?

To use Beanstalkd as the queue driver in Laravel, you need to follow these steps:

Install the required packages: Open a terminal and navigate to your Laravel project directory. Run the following command to install Beanstalkd and the Laravel Beanstalkd package.

composer require pda/pheanstalk laravel/queue

Configure the queue driver: Open the .env file in your Laravel project and update the QUEUE_CONNECTION value to beanstalkd.

QUEUE_CONNECTION=beanstalkd

Update the config/queue.php file: Laravel comes with a default configuration file for the queue. Open the config/queue.php file and update the beanstalkd section with the following configuration:

'beanstalkd' => [
    'driver' => 'beanstalkd',
    'host' => '127.0.0.1',
    'queue' => 'default',
    'ttr' => 60,
],

Here, you can modify the host, queue, and ttr (Time-To-Run) values as per your requirements.

Create a queue worker: Laravel provides an artisan command to run queue workers. Open a terminal and navigate to your Laravel project directory. Run the following command to create a queue worker:

php artisan queue:work --queue=your-queue-name

Replace your-queue-name with the name of the queue you want to process. If you have multiple queues, separate them with commas.

Queue jobs: You can now start queuing jobs to Beanstalkd. To queue a job, you can use the dispatch helper function or the Jobs class in Laravel. Here's an example:

dispatch(function () {
    // Your job logic here
});

dispatch(new YourJobClass());

That's it! Laravel will connect to Beanstalkd and process the queued jobs in the background. You can check the Laravel logs or the Beanstalkd logs for any errors or job-specific information.