Chapter 6. Downloading and installing the headless Process Automation Manager controller
You can configure Process Server to run in managed or unmanaged mode. If Process Server is unmanaged, you must manually create and maintain KIE containers (deployment units). If Process Server is managed, the Process Automation Manager controller manages the Process Server configuration and you interact with the Process Automation Manager controller to create and maintain KIE containers.
The Process Automation Manager controller is integrated with Business Central. If you install Business Central, use the Execution Server page to create and maintain KIE containers. However, if you do not install Business Central, you can install the headless Process Automation Manager controller and use the REST API or the Process Server Java Client API to interact with it.
Prerequisites
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The Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7.3.0 Add Ons (
rhpam-7.3.0-add-ons.zip) file has been downloaded, as described in Chapter 2, Downloading the Red Hat Process Automation Manager installation files. -
A Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0.1 or higher server installation is available. The base directory of the Red Hat JBoss Web Server installation is referred to as
JWS_HOME. - Sufficient user permissions to complete the installation are granted.
Procedure
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Unzip the
rhpam-7.3.0-add-ons.zipfile. Therhpam-7.3-controller-jws.zipfile is in the unzipped directory. -
Extract the
rhpam-7.3-controller-jws.ziparchive to a temporary directory. In the following examples this directory is calledTEMP_DIR. Copy the
TEMP_DIR/rhpam-7.3-controller-jws.zip/controller.wardirectory to theJWS_HOME/tomcat/webappsdirectory.NoteEnsure the names of the Red Hat Process Automation Manager deployments you are copying do not conflict with your existing deployments in the Red Hat JBoss Web Server instance.
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Remove the
.warextensions from thecontroller.warfolder. -
Copy the contents of the
TEMP_DIR/rhpam-7.3-controller-jws/SecurityPolicy/directory toJWS_HOME/bin. When asked to overwrite files, select Yes. Add the
kie-serverrole and user to theJWS_HOME/tomcat/conf/tomcat-users.xmlfile. In the following example,<USERNAME>and<PASSWORD>are the user name and password of your choice:<role rolename="kie-server"/> <user username="<USER_NAME>" password="<PASSWORD>" roles="kie-server"/>Complete one of the following tasks in the
JWS_HOME/tomcat/bindirectory of the instance running Process Server:On Linux or UNIX, create the
setenv.shfile with the following content:CATALINA_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -Dorg.jboss.logging.provider=jdk -Dorg.kie.server.controller.user=<CONTROLLER_USER> -Dorg.kie.server.controller.pwd=<CONTROLLER_PWD> -Dorg.kie.server.id=<KIE_SERVER_ID> -Dorg.kie.server.location=http://<HOST>:<PORT>/kie-server/services/rest/server -Dorg.kie.server.controller=http://<HOST>:<PORT>/controller/rest/controller"On Windows, add the following content to the
setenv.batfile:set CATALINA_OPTS=-Xmx1024m -Dorg.jboss.logging.provider=jdk -Dorg.kie.server.controller.user=<CONTROLLER_USER> -Dorg.kie.server.controller.pwd=<CONTROLLER_PWD> -Dorg.kie.server.id=<KIE_SERVER_ID> -Dorg.kie.server.location=http://<HOST>:<PORT>/kie-server/services/rest/server -Dorg.kie.server.controller=http://<HOST>:<PORT>/controller/rest/controller
In the
JWS_HOME/tomcat/bindirectory of the instance running the headless Process Automation Manager controller, create a readablesetenv.shfile with the following content:CATALINA_OPTS="-Dorg.kie.server.user=<USERNAME> -Dorg.kie.server.pwd=<USER_PWD>"To start the headless Process Automation Manager controller, enter one of the following commands in the
JWS_HOME/tomcat/bindirectory:On Linux or UNIX-based systems:
$ ./startup.shOn Windows:
startup.bat
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After a few minutes, review the
JWS_HOME/tomcat/logsdirectory and correct any errors. To verify that the headless Process Automation Manager controller is working on Red Hat JBoss Web Server, enter the following command. In this command, replace
<CONTROLLER>and<CONTROLLER_PWD>with the values in thetomcat-users.xmlfile. The output of this command provides information about the Process Server instance.curl -X GET "http://<HOST>:<PORT>/controller/rest/controller/management/servers" -H "accept: application/xml" -u '<CONTROLLER>:<CONTROLLER_PWD>'
Alternatively, you can use the Process Server Java API Client to access the headless Process Automation Manager controller.