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Messenger plugin preferences
Apart from enabling communication between the various parts of PlanetPress Workflow, the Plan-
etPress Workflow Messenger also manages local instances of the PlanetPress Workflow Alambic.
The Messenger service uses the SSL 2.3 protocol.
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 num-
ber 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 selec-
ted, 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-rep-
licating 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 ser-
vice 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 inform-
ation.
HTTP Server Input plugin preferences 1
The first set of HTTP Server Input plugin preferences controls the server protocol aspects of the Plan-
etPress Workflow HTTP Server Input tasks. This is where you enable and configure secure com-
munication for the HTTP Server.
To open the Preferences dialog, click the PlanetPress Workflow button and then the Preferences but-
ton, or use the key combination Ctrl+Alt+P. 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
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