How to configure Websocket?

Sulu comes with a sulu-wide websocket application. This application is optional but comes with a few feature which can only be used if the websocket is running.

For example the real-time notification for CollaborationBundle can only be displayed when the websocket is running.

Configuration

If you use the config layout of sulu-standard you only have to set following parameters in the parameters.yml file.

websocket_url The url on which the websocket should listen.
websocket_port The port on which the websocket should listen.

If you have multiple installations of sulu on a single server be sure that you use unique ports per installation.

If you have your own application, you can enable the websocket and configure its url and port by placing the following lines into your configuration:

sulu_websocket:
    enabled: true
    server:
        http_host: '%websocket_url%'
        port: '%websocket_port%'

Execution

To execute the websocket you have to run the command app/console sulu:websocket:run -e prod. This command starts the server and listens to the configured port.

We recommend to run the websocket with supervisor. You can use the example configuration for supervisord.

/etc/supervisor/conf.d/sulu_websocket.conf

[program:sulu_websocket]
command=/var/www/sulu.io/app/console sulu:websocket:run --env prod
process_name=sulu_websocket
user=www-data
numprocs=1
directory=/var/www/sulu.io
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stderr_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/sulu_websocket.log
stdout_logfile=/var/log/supervisor/sulu_websocket.log
stdout_logfile_maxbytes=10MB