Forge: How to restart a queue:worker or deamon via deployment-script

Sometimes there are problems with the queue. It can happen that the database connection of the Redis worker breaks down, which makes it necessary to restart the queue worker.

This error pattern is shown by the logging of the Redis worker:

In Connection.php line 825:
                                                                               
  SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused (Connection: mysql, SQL: select *  
   from `cache` where `key` in (illuminate:queue:restart))                     
                                                                               

In Connector.php line 66:
                                             
  SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused

Using the Forge Scheduler, the Redis worker can be restarted every night with a simple command. This improves the autonomous stability of the web app.

Command to restart cues or deamons:

sudo -S supervisorctl restart worker-5432987:worker-5432987_00

The ID of the queue worker or deamon can be found via the status dialogue (button: ‘Check Worker Status’):

A dialogue like the following will then be displayed, in which you can see the name of the worker.

We now add the command (sudo -S supervisorctl restart worker-5432987:worker-5432987_00) to the Forge Scheduler for nightly execution:

This command can also be placed in the deployment script.