Horizon Suggestion Analyzer

Analyzer ID	Category	Severity	Time To Fix
horizon-suggestion	⚡ Performance	Low	15 minutes

What This Checks

Recommends Laravel Horizon for better queue monitoring and management when using Redis queues.

Why It Matters

• Monitoring: Real-time queue metrics and failed job tracking
• Management: Easy queue worker management and scaling
• Developer Experience: Beautiful dashboard for queue insights

Horizon provides essential visibility into queue operations that basic queue:work doesn't offer.

How to Fix

Quick Fix (5 minutes)

composer require laravel/horizon
php artisan horizon:install
php artisan migrate

Proper Fix (30 minutes)

Install and Configure:

composer require laravel/horizon
php artisan horizon:install
php artisan migrate

# Configure
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=horizon-config

Start Horizon:

php artisan horizon

Production Supervisor Config:

[program:horizon]
process_name=%(program_name)s
command=php /path/to/artisan horizon
autostart=true
autorestart=true
user=forge
redirect_stderr=true
stdout_logfile=/path/to/horizon.log
stopwaitsecs=3600

References

• Laravel Horizon

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• Queue Driver Configuration Analyzer - Ensures a proper queue driver configuration for optimal performance and reliability