Configure Background Processes

The Background Processes configuration page displays all Console processes and allows you to perform the following tasks:

• View a process log
• Edit a process
• Stop a process (although this is not available for all processes)
• Restart a process (although this is not available for all processes)

To access the Background Processes page, select Configuration > Background from the Console menu.

The following background processes can be accessed from the table:

• Controller
• Mongrel Manager
• Database Ingest
• Session Data Collector
• Node Info Collector
• File Data Collector
• Data Canonicalizer
• Custom Field
• Database Utility
• Transfer Initiator
• Email
• Report

To modify the settings for a given process, click the edit link in the corresponding table row. After clicking edit, the Editing Background Process page appears, along with the following options:

Options	Description
Startup type	Select the way that the background process starts (that is, manually or automatically) or disable the process from starting altogether.
Log level	Select the preferred level of logging for the log file output to control the verbosity of the log file output). Choose debug, info, warn, error or fatal.
Batch Size	(Not available for all processes) Input the number of rows to process each work interval.
Daily restart time (HH:MM)	(Not available for all processes) Input the time of day to restart the process in 24-hour time, UTC. Leave blank for no auto-restart.
Sleep Interval	Input the sleep interval time in seconds.
Maximum Startup Interval	Input a time (in seconds) that must elapse before the given process is assumed to be hanging.
Maximum Heartbeat Interval	Input a time (in seconds) that must elapse between heartbeats before the given process is assumed to be hanging.