jobverplanke/craftcms-components

Simple driver setup for CraftCMS components queue, cache or session

v0.5.0 2024-11-11 15:55 UTC

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README

Simple driver setup for CraftCMS components queue, cache or session for CraftCMS v4 and v5.

Available components and drivers

Redis Database
Cache
Queue ❌ (default driver)
Session

Note

Craft's default queue driver is the database. Do not configure the queue component in the app.php if you want to make use of the database queue driver.

Craft v4: https://craftcms.com/docs/4.x/config/app.html#queue
Craft v5: https://craftcms.com/docs/5.x/reference/config/app.html#queue

Installation

composer require jobverplanke/craftcms-components

Make sure that the yiisoft/yii2-redis package is installed when utilizing Redis

composer require yiisoft/yii2-redis

Configuration

To make use of a different driver per component is a breeze. Just specify the desired driver for the component you want to use in the components config array in either config/app.php or config/app.web.php (session only).

Database configuration

In order to use the database driver, configure CraftCMS as followed

Cache component

// .env
CRAFT_CACHE_DRIVER=database

// config/app.php

use craft\helpers\App;
use Verplanke\CraftComponents\Components\Cache;

return [
    'components' => [
        'cache' => fn () => Cache::driver(App::env('CRAFT_CACHE_DRIVER')),
    ],
];

Queue component

// .env
CRAFT_QUEUE_DRIVER=database

// config/app.php

use craft\helpers\App;
use Verplanke\CraftComponents\Components\Queue;

return [
    'components' => [
        'queue' => Queue::driver(App::env('CRAFT_QUEUE_DRIVER')),
    ],
];

Session component

// .env
CRAFT_SESSION_DRIVER=database

// config/app.web.php

use craft\helpers\App;
use Verplanke\CraftComponents\Components\Session;

return [
    'components' => [
        'session' => fn () => Session::driver(App::env('CRAFT_SESSION_DRIVER')),
    ],
];

Redis configuration

If you want to use the Redis driver for a specific component, make sure Redis is configured

  1. Add the Redis component to the app.php, see example below
  2. Enable Redis by adding the following environment variables
    • REDIS_URL= OR REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT and REDIS_PASSWORD

Note

REDIS_URL takes precedence over REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT and REDIS_PASSWORD.

// config/app.php

use Verplanke\CraftComponents\Components\Redis;

return [
    'components' => [
        'redis' => Redis::connect(),
    ],
];

Cache component

// .env
CRAFT_CACHE_DRIVER=redis

// config/app.php

use craft\helpers\App;
use Verplanke\CraftComponents\Components\Cache;

return [
    'components' => [
        'cache' => fn () => Cache::driver(App::env('CRAFT_CACHE_DRIVER')),
    ],
];

Queue component

// .env
CRAFT_QUEUE_DRIVER=redis

// config/app.php

use craft\helpers\App;
use Verplanke\CraftComponents\Components\Queue;

return [
    'components' => [
        'queue' => Queue::driver(App::env('CRAFT_QUEUE_DRIVER')),
    ],
];

Session component

// .env
CRAFT_SESSION_DRIVER=redis

// config/app.web.php

use craft\helpers\App;
use Verplanke\CraftComponents\Components\Session;

return [
    'components' => [
        'session' => fn () => Session::driver(App::env('CRAFT_SESSION_DRIVER')),
    ],
];

Environment Variable Configuration

The following environment variables are available for further configuration of the components
It's recommended to leave the following set to false when using Heroku. Heroku issue and Github issue

  • REDIS_SSL
  • REDIS_SSL_VERIFY_PEER
  • REDIS_SSL_VERIFY_PEER_NAME
Required Type Default Value Description / Remark
CRAFT_CACHE_DRIVER string Possible values redis or database
CRAFT_SESSION_DRIVER string Possible values redis or database
CRAFT_QUEUE_DRIVER string Possible values redis or database
REDIS_URL string Takes precedence over REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT and REDIS_PASSWORD.
REDIS_HOST string Only when REDIS_URL is not used
REDIS_PORT string 6379 Only when REDIS_URL is not used
REDIS_PASSWORD string Only when REDIS_URL is not used
REDIS_DB integer 0 Default database to use, this database will be used for all Redis connections
REDIS_RETRIES integer 1 Th..ount of times to retry connecting after connection has timed out
REDIS_SSL boolean false Use SSL connection when connecting with Redis. Recommended to use false when using Heroku
REDIS_SSL_VERIFY_PEER boolean false Verify peer SSL certificate. Recommended to use false when using Heroku
REDIS_SSL_VERIFY_PEER_NAME boolean false Verify peer name of SSL certificate. Recommended to use false when using Heroku
REDIS_CACHE_DB integer 1 Which database to use for the cache database. Make sure the cache database is separated from the queue and session database
REDIS_QUEUE_DB integer 3 Which database to use for the queue database
REDIS_QUEUE_CHANNEL string queue Queue channel to use
REDIS_QUEUE_TTR integer 300 Max time for job execution, unit in seconds
REDIS_QUEUE_ATTEMPTS integer 3 Max number of attempts
REDIS_SESSION_DB integer 1 Which database to use for the session database.