Ecotone Symfony Setup

Overview

This skill covers setting up and configuring Ecotone within a Symfony application. Use it when installing Ecotone, registering the bundle, configuring database connections via Doctrine, setting up async messaging with Symfony Messenger, integrating Doctrine ORM aggregates, or configuring multi-tenancy.

1. Installation

bash

composer require ecotone/symfony-bundle

Optional packages:

bash

composer require ecotone/dbal   # Database support (DBAL, outbox, dead letter, event sourcing)
composer require ecotone/amqp   # RabbitMQ support
composer require ecotone/redis  # Redis support
composer require ecotone/sqs    # SQS support
composer require ecotone/kafka  # Kafka support

2. Bundle Registration

In config/bundles.php:

php

<?php

use Ecotone\SymfonyBundle\EcotoneSymfonyBundle;

return [
    Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\FrameworkBundle::class => ['all' => true],
    Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\DoctrineBundle::class => ['all' => true],
    EcotoneSymfonyBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

3. Configuration

In config/packages/ecotone.yaml:

yaml

ecotone:
    serviceName: 'my_service'
    loadSrcNamespaces: true
    failFast: true
    defaultSerializationMediaType: 'application/json'
    defaultErrorChannel: 'errorChannel'

4. Database Connection (DBAL)

php

#[ServiceContext]
public function databaseConnection(): SymfonyConnectionReference
{
    return SymfonyConnectionReference::defaultManagerRegistry('default');
}

5. Doctrine ORM Integration

Enable Doctrine ORM repositories:

php

#[ServiceContext]
public function dbalConfig(): DbalConfiguration
{
    return DbalConfiguration::createWithDefaults()
        ->withDoctrineORMRepositories(true);
}

Annotate aggregates with both #[ORM\Entity] and #[Aggregate]:

php

#[ORM\Entity]
#[ORM\Table(name: 'orders')]
#[Aggregate]
class Order
{
    #[ORM\Id]
    #[ORM\Column(type: 'string')]
    #[Identifier]
    private string $orderId;
}

6. Async Messaging with Symfony Messenger

php

#[ServiceContext]
public function asyncChannel(): SymfonyMessengerMessageChannelBuilder
{
    return SymfonyMessengerMessageChannelBuilder::create('async');
}

7. Running Async Consumers

bash

bin/console ecotone:run <channel_name>
bin/console ecotone:run orders --handledMessageLimit=100
bin/console ecotone:run orders --memoryLimit=256
bin/console ecotone:run orders --executionTimeLimit=60000
bin/console ecotone:list

8. Multi-Tenant Configuration

php

#[ServiceContext]
public function multiTenant(): MultiTenantConfiguration
{
    return MultiTenantConfiguration::create(
        tenantHeaderName: 'tenant',
        tenantToConnectionMapping: [
            'tenant_a' => SymfonyConnectionReference::createForManagerRegistry('tenant_a_connection'),
            'tenant_b' => SymfonyConnectionReference::createForManagerRegistry('tenant_b_connection'),
        ],
    );
}

Key Rules

•SymfonyConnectionReference::defaultManagerRegistry() is the recommended approach (uses Doctrine ManagerRegistry)
•SymfonyMessengerMessageChannelBuilder::create() channel name must match a transport defined in config/packages/messenger.yaml
•Doctrine ORM aggregates need both #[ORM\Entity] and #[Aggregate] attributes
•Enable DbalConfiguration::createWithDefaults()->withDoctrineORMRepositories(true) for Doctrine entity persistence
•Always use #[ServiceContext] methods in a class registered as a service for configuration

Additional resources

•Configuration reference -- Full ecotone.yaml with all options and comments, all configuration option descriptions with defaults, SymfonyConnectionReference API table, and doctrine.yaml DBAL connection setup. Load when you need the complete YAML configuration or all available config options.
•Integration patterns -- Complete class implementations for Symfony integration: full Doctrine entity aggregate with all imports, DBAL connection setup with multiple connections, Symfony Messenger channel configuration with messenger.yaml, DBAL-backed channels, multi-tenant setup with full doctrine.yaml for multiple entity managers, and Doctrine ORM entity mappings. Load when you need full working class files with imports and complete configuration examples.