Supervisord Bundle Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Process Management for PHP Services: Enables seamless integration of Supervisord (a client/server system for controlling and monitoring processes) into Symfony/Laravel applications, ensuring critical background jobs, queues, or APIs remain operational even if the main web server crashes.
• Reliability & Uptime: Supports high-availability use cases (e.g., cron jobs, long-running tasks, or microservices) where process restarts or monitoring are critical.
• DevOps Efficiency: Reduces manual process management overhead by automating restarts, logging, and dependency checks—ideal for teams scaling infrastructure or adopting CI/CD pipelines.
• Build vs. Buy: Avoids reinventing process supervision wheels; leverages a battle-tested tool (Supervisord) with minimal PHP integration effort.
• Roadmap Alignment: Enables future-proofing for:
  • Queue workers (e.g., Laravel Horizon, RabbitMQ).
  • Kubernetes/containerized deployments (Supervisord can manage containers).
  • Compliance requirements (e.g., audit logs for process health).

When to Consider This Package

• Adopt if:
  • Your app relies on long-running PHP processes (e.g., queues, CLI tasks, APIs) that must persist beyond HTTP requests.
  • You need automated process recovery (e.g., restart failed workers without manual intervention).
  • Your stack includes Symfony/Laravel and you want to avoid custom Supervisord config files (this bundle provides YAML-based management).
  • You’re deploying to shared hosting or environments where systemd/pm2 aren’t available.
• Look elsewhere if:
  • Your processes are short-lived (e.g., typical web requests) or managed by a framework’s built-in tools (e.g., Laravel’s schedule:run).
  • You’re using modern orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm) where native tools (e.g., docker-compose, systemd) suffice.
  • Your team lacks DevOps resources to configure Supervisord (this bundle requires basic YAML knowledge).
  • You prioritize metrics/alerting over basic process management (consider Prometheus + Alertmanager instead).

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

For Executives: "This bundle lets us treat PHP processes like first-class citizens—no more lost jobs or silent failures. By integrating Supervisord into our Laravel stack, we’ll cut downtime for critical tasks (e.g., payments, reports) and align with our reliability SLA. It’s a lightweight, open-source solution that avoids vendor lock-in, with minimal dev overhead."

For Engineering: *"The acassan/supervisord-bundle gives us a Symfony/Laravel-friendly way to manage Supervisord config via YAML, so we can:

• Define and monitor workers (e.g., queue consumers, cron jobs) in code.
• Auto-restart failed processes with configurable retries.
• Centralize logs for debugging without SSH jumps. It’s a drop-in replacement for manual Supervisord setup, and it plays nicely with our existing infrastructure. Tradeoff: We’ll need to document Supervisord basics for the team, but the payoff is fewer fire drills."*

For DevOps: *"This bundle abstracts Supervisord config into a format our PHP devs can edit—no more YAML files scattered in /etc. We can:

• Standardize process management across environments (dev/staging/prod).
• Integrate with Ansible/Chef to deploy configs alongside the app.
• Leverage Supervisord’s event system for custom alerts (e.g., Slack pings on worker failures). Caveat: We’ll need to test how it handles containerized deployments, but it’s a solid start for VM-based setups."*