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Jones Lang Lasalle
IN
Last activity: 6 Nov 2018 5:26 EST
Need help on deployment and running of automation in production server
Pegasystems Inc.
US
Hi,
1) Generally speaking, only one instance of Runtime can be running at time on machine/VM. If you need it to do several things, you can design your solution in the way that it accomplishes several tasks.
2) Pega Robotics Runtime provides the environment to load and run the compiled version of the pega robotics solution. Thus, bot consists of two things - complied deployment package plus Pega Robotics Runtime. Both things are mandatory.
3) Runtime can be run on Windows only. Supported Windows versions are listed in minimum requirements section here: https://community.pega.com/knowledgebase/documents/pega-robotic-automation-runtime-80-installation-instructions
4) Currently, scheduling tasks (start and stop timetable) can be accomplished with the help of Robotic Processing Automation Scheduling service: https://community.pega.com/knowledgebase/articles/robotic-processing-automation-scheduling-service
Jones Lang Lasalle
IN
- Robotic Processing Automation Scheduling service can be used for non Pega applications?.
- Can you provide some guidance on how to design a solution in the way that it accomplishes several tasks which are interval based.
- Robotic Processing Automation Scheduling service can be used for non Pega applications?.
- Can you provide some guidance on how to design a solution in the way that it accomplishes several tasks which are interval based.
- Can we deploy our automation in web servers and run runtime through server itself?
Pegasystems Inc.
US
- Scheduling service is responsible for starting and stopping Runtime. Runtime and code that you create for it can work with non-Pega applications.
- There is really nothing special that you have to do. Create automations for your tasks and trigger them one by one using, for example, Timer.Tick events.
- Runtime is a process that runs under Windows OS. You can use it with Windows Server (supported versions are listed in the link above). I'm not sure what you want to accomplish in details, but please also be aware that you can run Runtime on dedicated machine and it is able to send requests to external web services and get result. This may fit your needs as well.
Jones Lang Lasalle
IN
Pegasystems Inc.
US
Not necessary. Scheduling service requires Windows user credentials (for automatic log on and to run Runtime under specified windows user).
You can provide Pega Operator ID for Runtime to connect to Pega Robot Manager (which requires PRPC), but it is optional. Runtime can be configured to work without Robot Manager.