Run Garbage Collector Command

Trigger the JVM garbage collector on the Traccar server using a Laravel console command.

This command is a wrapper around the ThingsTelemetry\Traccar\Facades\Server::runGarbageCollector() method.

Usage

You can run the command from your terminal:

php artisan traccar:run-gc

Logging

The command logs its results to your Laravel log file.

• Success: Logs an info message with the status returned by Traccar.
• Failure: Logs an error message with the exception details.

Scheduling

To automate the garbage collection process, you can schedule the command in your application's bootstrap/app.php.

use ThingsTelemetry\Traccar\Console\RunGarbageCollectorCommand;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schedule;

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(path: __DIR__))
    // ... other configurations (withMiddleware(), withExceptions)
    ->withSchedule(function (Schedule $schedule) {
        $schedule->command(command: RunGarbageCollectorCommand::class)->daily();
    });

IMPORTANT

The garbage collector endpoint is restricted to admin users only on the Traccar server. Ensure your TRACCAR_API_KEY belongs to an administrator.