Application

An application is a long-running process that is managed as part of a system workflow. See applications for more information. The application task can be used in a system workflow to change the expected state of an application. This has the effect of starting or stopping the application.

The workflow above is a system workflow that starts and stops "App1" and "App2" in order.

Action

The action can be set to start the application or stop the application.

Application

The drop down box allows you to select an application template. Application templates understand the details of starting and stopping a particular long-running application. When an system is approved, the application template is copied into an application workflow.

Asset

The asset the application needs to run on. This selection is only available when the action is "Start".

Variables

The application task can pass one or more parameters to the application. Parameters passed here must be atomic values (string, int, boolean, etc) and cannot be objects that change. This is because these parameters need to be persisted so they can be passed again should the application need to be restarted automatically by situate.