Creating processes and content process sets

Processes are organized into the following sections:

• Working with channel and environment processes
• Working with instance content

Processes associated with instance content are grouped into named sets that represent particular types of content. They include the processes that act on that content: Deployment, Post Deployment, and Removal. For example, a text-file type of content set would include the processes for deploying text files, any post-deployment operations needed for the text files, and the process for removing the text files.

To create a content process or a channel/environment process

1. Click the Define tab.
2. From the left menu, select Processes.
3. Click the tab for the type of process that you want to create: Content or Channel/Environment.
4. On the right, click New Process.

5. Enter an appropriate label to identify the purpose of the process.

   Tip

   When labeling a process, identify what the process will do, such as "Provision JBoss server."

6. For a channel/environment process, select from the Type menu.

7. Select an appropriate role(s) for the process. For more information about this procedure, see Enabling-role-based-access-permissions-for-a-process.

   Notes

   • Only users with matching role have access to this channel/environment process.
   • For more information about adding new role and viewing the permissions for the existing role, see Managing roles and access restrictions topic.
8. Click Create.
9. Use one of the following actions:
   • To add activities for the process that you just created, click the tab for the type of activity and click New Activity.

   • To add activities later, proceed to the nest step.

     Note

     When you are adding a new deployment activity under Configure, notice that for some libraries by default the remote directory value is '.'. If you keep this default value, application content is sent to a directory specified on the appropriate channel or channel template (VL_CHANNEL_ROOT). For property precedence and other details, see Properties.

10. For a content process, on the Triggers tab, click Add Trigger to add triggers for the process that you just created. For more information, see Adding-triggers-to-a-process.
11. When you are finished adding activities and triggers, click Done.