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This guide will help when migrating existing workflows from 4.0 distributions into the newest 5.0 format.
There are two ways of achieving the same:
- Manually re-create the workflow in Aspire 5.0 UI
- Does not require to understand the internals of the workflow configuration structure
- Easier to do, as the 5.0 Workflow UI experience is similar to that on 4.0
- Convert the old workflow.xml files into 5.0 REST Requests to create the same structure
- Requires in-depth understanding on how to configure the new Workflow configuration in 5.0 and the old format
- Can be automated
General concepts
Aspire 4 and 5 workflow have the same principles: Configure "rules" sequentially inside workflow "events".
- ruleA Rule is a stage that would be executed, may contain other rules. Can be a groovy script or an Application (such as a Publisher)
- eventIs a container of sequential rules. Each workflow has exactly 5 different events where rules can be assigned:
Manually re-create the workflow in Aspire 5.0 UI
You will need to have access to both Aspire 4 and Aspire 5 User interfaces, so you can copy the configuration across instances.