Chapter 9. Integrating Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite with Red Hat JBoss Fuse
Red Hat JBoss Fuse integration allows users of JBoss Fuse to complement their integration solution with additional features provided by JBoss BPM Suite and JBoss BRMS. Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite integration is provided by two
features.xml
files: one providing core JBoss BPM Suite and JBoss BRMS features, which defines the OSGi features that can be deployed into JBoss Fuse, and the other providing additional support for integration with SwitchYard and Camel.
Note
For users of JBoss Fuse 6.1, only the core JBoss BPM Suite and JBoss BRMS features, provided by the following features file, are supported. Customers who are using an earlier version of this file must update it.
Important
SwitchYard integration is a Technical Preview in JBoss Fuse 6.2, and is therefore not currently supported.
Core JBoss BPM Suite and JBoss BRMS features are provided by
jboss-brms-bpmsuite<version>-redhat<version>fuse-features.zip
:
- drools-common
- drools-module
- drools-templates
- drools-decisiontable
- drools-jpa
- kie
- kie-ci
- kie-spring
- kie-aries-blueprint
- jbpm-commons
- jbpm-human-task
- jbpm
- droolsjbpm-hibernate
- h2
The following table provides example of use cases for some of the features listed above.
Table 9.1. Features and Use Case Examples
Feature | Use Case |
---|---|
drools-module | Use the JBoss BRMS engine for rules evaluation, without requiring persistence, processes, or decision tables. |
drools-jpa | Use the JBoss BRMS engine for rules evaluation with persistence and transactions, but without requiring processes or decision tables. The drools-jpa feature already includes drools-module , however you may also need to install the droolsjbpm-hibernate feature, or ensure there is a compatible hibernate bundle installed. |
drools-decisiontable | Use the JBoss BRMS engine with decision tables. |
jbpm | Use the JBoss BPM Suite (or JBoss BRMS engine with processes). The jbpm feature already includes drools-module and drools-jpa . You may also need to install the droolsjbpm-hibernate feature, or ensure that there is a compatible hibernate bundle installed. |
jbpm and jbpm-human-task | Use the JBoss BPM Suite (or JBoss BRMS engine with processes) with Human Task. |
Core engine jars and kie-ci . | Use JBoss BRMS or JBoss BPM Suite with KieScanner (KIE-CI) to download kJARs from a Maven repository. |
kie-spring | Use KIE-Spring integration. |
kie-spring and kie-aries-blueprint . | Use KIE-Aries-Blueprint integration. |
The following additional features for integration with SwitchYard and Camel on JBoss Fuse are provided by the integration pack:
- fuse-bxms-switchyard-common-knowledge
- fuse-bxms-switchyard-rules
- fuse-bxms-switchyard-bpm
- kie-camel
- jbpm-workitems-camel
This file (and supporting repositories) is located in http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/public, which is already configured for use on JBoss Fuse 6.2 out of the box in
installDir/etc/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg
.
The file can also be downloaded from either the JBoss Fuse 6.2 or JBoss BPM Suite product page in the Red Hat Customer Portal.
9.1. Install/Update Core Integration Features
Note
This section refers to features in the
jboss-brms-bpmsuite<version>-redhat<version>fuse-features.zip
file. For additional integration features, refer to Section 9.2, “Install Additional Integration Features”.
If you have already installed an older version of the core JBoss BPM Suite and JBoss BRMS features (for example,
drools-karaf-features-6.2.0.Final-redhat-6-features.xml
), you need to remove them and all associated files before installing the most recent features.xml
file.
Procedure 9.1. Removing an Existing drools-karaf-features
Installation
- Start the Fuse console using:
$ ./installDir/bin/fuse
- Unistall old features/apps that used the previous
features.xml
file. For example:JBossFuse:karaf@root> features:uninstall drools-module JBossFuse:karaf@root> features:uninstall jbpm JBossFuse:karaf@root> features:uninstall kie-ci
- Search for references of bundles using drools/kie/jbpm and remove them:
list -t 0 -s | grep drools list -t 0 -s | grep kie list -t 0 -s | grep jbpm
To remove the bundles:karaf@root> osgi:uninstall <BUNDLE_ID>
- Remove the old drools-karaf-features url:
karaf@root> features:removeurl mvn:org.drools/drools-karaf-features/6.2.0.Final-redhat-<old-version>/xml/features
- Restart Fuse
To install the
drools-karaf-features
:
Procedure 9.2. Install core JBoss BPM Suite and JBoss BRMS features
- Configure required repositories
- Edit the
installDir/etc/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg
file in your JBoss Fuse installation and add the following entry to theorg.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.repositories
variable, noting that entries are separated by ‘, \
’:- http://maven.repository.redhat.com/ga/@id=bxms-product-repo
- Start JBoss Fuse:
$ ./installDir/bin/fuse
- Add a reference to the core features file by running the following console command:
JBossFuse:karaf@root> features:addurl mvn:org.drools/drools-karaf-features/6.2.0.Final-redhat-<version>/xml/features
- You can now install the features provided by this file by running, for example, the following console command:
JBossFuse:karaf@root> features:install drools-module