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Queuing settings

You can configure queuing and scheduling in the Queuing settings section of SDL Tridion Sites Content Manager configuration.

About this task

The Content Manager users an internal queuing and scheduling mechanism. You can configure the queuing settings in the MMC Snap-in for the following queues:

  • Publisher (rendering)
  • Publisher (deploying)
  • Search
  • Workflow Agent
  • Batch Processor

To ensure that scheduled publishing actions are processed at the scheduled time, the services poll the queuing mechanism. Search and the Workflow Agent do not use scheduling. Therefore, polling intervals are only necessary for Publisher queuing.

The service that listens on the queue only picks up messages that comply with the filter criteria. You can set up filters if you run multiple services on multiple systems. Filtering allows you to configure your hosts to process certain types of messages.

Some examples of how filtering can be used include:

  • You can configure a host to process only High priority messages and another host to process Normal or Low priority messages
  • You can configure one host to only process messages from another specified host
  • You can configure a host to only process messages for a specific Publication Target

Procedure

  1. In the config\ subdirectory of %TRIDION_HOME%, open Tridion.ContentManager.config for editing.
  2. Navigate to the Queuing settings section.
  3. Configure the following settings:
    SettingValue
    Port for notificationWhen a new message is queued, a notification is sent to this UDP port. The default values are as follows:
    Publisher (rendering)
    1150
    Publisher (deploying)
    1151
    Search
    1152
    Workflow Agent
    1153

    You only need to change these values if the values conflict with other software that listens on UDP ports, or if a firewall separates the Content Manager hosts and a system administrator determines which ports to open.

    Polling interval (seconds)The interval at which the queue is polled for (scheduled) publishing messages. Defaults are:
    Publisher (rendering and deploying)
    30 seconds. You only need to change this value if the default delay is not sufficient or if a firewall prevents queue notifications and it is not possible to open some ports on the firewall.
    Search and Workflow Agent
    0 seconds (do not poll). You only need to change this value if a firewall prevents queue notifications and it is not possible to open some ports on the firewall.
    Filtered (optional)Fill in one or more values in any of the following fields. If you are entering more than one value, separate the values with a semicolon ";".
    Priorities
    The priority or priorities of publish or deploy messages where 2 is low, 4 is medium, and 6 is high.
    Publications
    The URI(s) or the context Publication(s)
    Publication Targets
    The URI(s) or the Publication Target(s).
    Hostname
    The host name of the Content Manager in which the message was created.