Chapter 5. Managed KIE Server

A managed instance requires an available Decision Manager controller to start the KIE Server.

A Decision Manager controller manages the KIE Server configuration in a centralized way. Each Decision Manager controller can manage multiple configurations at once, and there can be multiple Decision Manager controllers in the environment. Managed KIE Server can be configured with a list of Decision Manager controllers, but will only connect to one at a time.

When the KIE Server is configured with a list of Decision Manager controllers, it will attempt to connect to each of them at startup until a connection is successfully established with one of them. If a connection cannot be established, the server will not start, even if there is a local storage available with configuration. This ensures consistency and prevents the server from running with redundant configuration.