Step 9: Create and design an application process
Prerequisite: Step 8: Map a component to an agent
This step explains how to add a process to the helloWorld application and configure it to perform the deployment.
Create the helloWorld application process
Note: For a simple one-component deployment like this one, you might not need an application process. The component process you created earlier can perform the deployment by itself. But for complex and multi-component deployments, you should create one or several application processes. For details, see Application processes.
To add a process to the helloWorld application:
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Navigate to Management > Applications > helloWorld_app.
- Under helloWorld_app, select the Processes tab.
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Click Create. The Create Application Process dialog box opens.
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In the Name field, enter the name of the process, for example, helloWorld_AppProcess.
- (Optional) In the Description field, enter additional information to identify the process.
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Accept the default values for the remaining options.
For details on these options, see Create and design application processes.
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Click Save.
You have created an application process. Next, design its steps.
Design the helloWorld application process
To complete the application process you just created, design a sequence of steps to install the helloWorld component.
To design the helloWorld application process:
- Under helloWorld_app, select helloWorld_AppProcess. The process designer opens.
- From the Tools side pane, drag the Install Component step onto the design space anywhere between the Start and Finish steps
. The Properties pane is displayed.
- In the Name field, enter the name of the step, for example, Deploy helloWorld.
- From the Component list, select the component for deployment, helloWorld.
- From the Component Process list, select the relevant process, helloWorld_install.
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Accept the default values for the remaining properties.
For details on these properties, see Application process steps.
- In the design space, join the process steps into a Start — Install Component — Finish sequence by dragging the connection tool from one step to another.
- Click Save
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