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Deploy from workflow console - does it work?

ph73nt — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:08:13 GMT

Dear fellow AlfrescoersI'm in the midst of configuring my team's Alfresco community system (3.4b). In particular I'm interested in customising workflows. I note the console allows deployment of workflows without server restart. However, this does not seem to be the case; when I deploy a workflow, ne

Re: Deploy from workflow console - does it work?

patil — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:01:48 GMT

Hi,

You should register your workflow as below.Make redeploy to true.

   <bean id="workflowBootstrapextentionCLMS" parent="workflowDeployer">
      <property name="workflowDefinitions">
         <list>
            <!– workflow definitions –>
            <props>
               <prop key="engineId">jbpm</prop>
               <prop key="location">alfresco/extension/workflow/draftContract-processdefinition.xml</prop>
               <prop key="mimetype">text/xml</prop>
               <prop key="redeploy">true</prop>
            </props>
                       </list>
      </property>
      <property name="models">
         <list>
            <!– workflow models –>
            <value>alfresco/extension/workflow/workflowModel.xml</value>
         </list>
      </property>
       <property name="labels">
             <!– workflow bundles –>
         <list>
            <value>alfresco/extension/workflow/workflow-messages</value>
         </list>
      </property>
   </bean>

Thanks,
Patil
Cignex Technologies
Bangalore

Re: Deploy from workflow console - does it work?

ph73nt — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:15:37 GMT

Thanks for the response, but this hasn't helped; it still seems random whether the changes are deployed correctly or not. I created the following file: alfresco/extension/bootstrap/workflowDeployer.xml with the contents:

<bean id="myworkflows.workflowBootstrap" parent="workflowDeployer">
   <property name="workflowDefinitions">
      <list>
         <props>
            <prop key="engineId">jbpm</prop>
            <prop key="location">alfresco/workflow/adhoc_processdefinition.xml</prop>
            <prop key="mimetype">text/xml</prop>
            <prop key="redeploy">true</prop>
         </props>
      </list>
   </property>
</bean>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

I actually used code from the wiki as it's more concise - was that OK? And is the directory appropriate? I was under the impression that this code wasn't necessary if one was intending on using the workflow console to deploy new workflows.

Thanks again, Neil

Re: Deploy from workflow console - does it work?

patil — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:31:51 GMT

Hi Neil,

path should be something similar to this,
<prop key="location">alfresco/extension/workflow/adhoc_processdefinition.xml</prop>

not as
<prop key="location">alfresco/workflow/adhoc_processdefinition.xml</prop>

Since alfresco reads the custom file from extension directory.

Thanks,
Patil
Cignex Technologies
Bangalore

Re: Deploy from workflow console - does it work?

ph73nt — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:32:41 GMT

Thanks very much for that; it's solved.

I hadn't been using the extension directories as I was only trying the simplest of modifications on the default adhoc task. Now that I'm using the extension directory structure it seems to work. I've created directories bootstrap and workflow in tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/. In the bootstrap directory I have the file workflowDeployer.xml, which I've edited to match your original suggestion:

<bean id="workflowBootstrapextentionCLMS" parent="workflowDeployer">

  <!– workflow definitions –>
  <property name="workflowDefinitions">
    <list>
       <props>
          <prop key="engineId">jbpm</prop>
          <prop key="location">alfresco/extension/workflow/adhoc_processdefinition.xml</prop>
          <prop key="mimetype">text/xml</prop>
          <prop key="redeploy">true</prop>
       </props>
    </list>
  </property>
   
  <!– workflow models –>
  <property name="models">
    <list>
      <value>alfresco/extension/workflow/workflowModel.xml</value>
    </list>
  </property>
  
  <!– workflow bundles –>
  <property name="labels">
    <list>
      <value>alfresco/extension/workflow/workflow-messages</value>
    </list>
  </property>

</bean>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

In the tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/workflow directory I have my edited adhoc_processdefinition.xml and copies of the other default files from alfresco/workflow (including workflow-messages.properties and workflowModel.xml).

Now when I deploy the workflow from the console

deploy alfresco/extension/workflow/adhoc_processdefinition.xml‍

I get a successful deployment every time.

Brilliant. Thanks again, Neil