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Preferences
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PlanetPress Alambic options group
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Let me set up how many instances to run: Select this option if you want to limit
the number of instances of the Alambic that PlanetPress Workflow can run. Then
enter the number of instances, a value ranging from 1 to 32, in the box below. When
this option is not selected, PlanetPress Workflow starts a minimum of three
instances and a maximum of eight, based on the number of CPUs available on the
server. Note that this does affects self-replicating processes. Self-replicating
processes will create threads in PlanetPress Workflow service, while Alambic
threads are under the PlanetPress Messenger service.
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Close inactive instances after: If you want the PlanetPress Workflow Messenger
to close inactive instances of the Alambic after a given number of minutes, enter a
value in this box. Enter a value of ”0” if you do not want the Messenger to terminate
idle instances of the Alambic.
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Logging options group
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Delete log files after: Enter the number of days after which to delete the Messenger
service logs. Each log covers a 24-hour period and is kept in the Log folder, which
is located in the installation folder.
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Verbose log: Select this option if you want the log to contain a maximum amount of
information.
HTTP Server Input plugin preferences 1
The first set of HTTP Server Input plugin preferences controls the server protocol aspects of
the PlanetPress Workflow HTTP Server Input tasks. This is where you enable and configure
secure communication for the HTTP Server.
Click the PlanetPress Workflow button and then the Preferences button, to open the
Preferences dialog. The HTTP Server Input 1 plugin preferences can be found under Plug-in.
Preferences
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Port: Select the port to use. The default port is 8080, the official HTTP alternate port, so
as not to interfere with the standard HTTP port (80). To block any regular HTTP traffic (for
example if only using HTTPS connections) the port can be set to 0.
Note that it is possible to use both the NodeJS Server and the standard HTTP Server
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