Laravel Horizon Real-Time Queue Monitoring

How to Install and Use Horizon

1. Install Horizon 

composer require laravel/horizon 

2. Publish Configuration 

php artisan horizon:install 

php artisan vendor:publish –tag=horizon

3. Migrate (for Horizon’s job tracking tables) 

php artisan migrate 

4. Run Horizon 

php artisan horizon 

Or use it with Supervisor for long-running background processes.

5. Access Dashboard 

Visit: 
http://yourdomain.com/horizon 
Add a route in web.php if necessary: 
Route::get(‘/horizon’, function () { 
return redirect(‘/horizon’); 
});

6. Queue Configuration

In config/horizon.php and config/queue.php, configure your environments and connections.

7. Using Tags in Jobs 

Add the tags() method to your job class to enable filtering: 
public function tags() 
{ 
return [‘order:’.$this->order->id]; 
}

I found Horizon helpful because of the following – 

Why Laravel Horizon is Useful 

1. Real-Time Dashboard 

• See live updates of your queues, workers, and job statuses. 

• Monitor pending, active, completed, and failed jobs. 

• View throughput, average runtime, and failure counts instantly. 

2. Simplified Queue Management 

• No manual process handling — start workers with one command: 

php artisan horizon 

• Easily integrate with Supervisor for production stability. 

3. Detailed Job Analytics 

• Monitor execution time, status, retry counts, and job payloads. 

• Detect performance bottlenecks with historical data. 

4. Failed Job Recovery 

• View failed jobs in the dashboard. 

• Retry or delete them directly from the UI. 

• Debug issues faster with detailed failure logs. 

5. Job Tagging for Organization 

• Assign static or dynamic tags (e.g., order:12345, user:789). 

• Filter and group jobs for targeted monitoring. 

6. Performance Metrics for Scaling 

• Track throughput (jobs/minute), wait times, runtimes, and failure rates. 

• Make data-driven decisions for scaling workers or queues. 

7. Notifications & Alerts 

• Integrate Slack or email notifications for job failures or worker crashes. 

• Respond quickly when critical processes fail.

8. User-Friendly Web UI 

• Clean, responsive dashboard accessible at /horizon. 

• Protect it with authentication and role-based access control.

9. Security & Access Control 

Restrict dashboard access using middleware or authentication logic: 

Horizon::auth(function ($request) { 

return auth()->check() && auth()->user()->isAdmin(); 

}); 

10. Seamless Laravel Integration 

• Official Laravel package, fully supported by the Laravel team. 

• Works perfectly with Laravel’s native queue system (Redis recommended).