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POST
/
orgs
/
{organization}
/
servers
/
{server}
/
background-processes
Create background process
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://forge.laravel.com/api/orgs/{organization}/servers/{server}/background-processes",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Custom command runner',
    'command' => 'php artisan custom:command',
    'user' => 'forge',
    'processes' => 1,
    'startsecs' => 10,
    'stopwaitsecs' => 10,
    'stopsignal' => 'SIGTERM'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
{
  "data": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "type": "backgroundProcesses",
    "attributes": {
      "command": "php artisan queue:work database",
      "user": "forge",
      "directory": "/home/forge/forge.laravel.com",
      "processes": 3,
      "status": "running",
      "created_at": "2025-07-29T09:00:00Z"
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Path Parameters

​
organization
string
required

The organization slug

​
server
integer
required

The server ID

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

The name of the background process.

Example:

"Custom command runner"

​
command
string
required

The command to run.

Example:

"php artisan custom:command"

​
user
enum<string>
required

The user to run the background process as.

Available options:
root,
forge
Example:

"forge"

​
processes
integer
required

The number of processes to run.

Required range: x >= 1
Example:

1

​
startsecs
integer

The number of seconds to wait before starting the process.

Required range: x >= 0
Example:

10

​
stopwaitsecs
integer

The number of seconds to wait before stopping the process.

Required range: x >= 0
Example:

10

​
stopsignal
string | null

The signal to send to stop the process.

Example:

"SIGTERM"

Response

BackgroundProcessResource

​
data
object
required
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