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Overview

Joget Workflow v3 Cloud Edition is an enhanced version of Joget Workflow v3 Enterprise that supports multi-tenancy, allowing for multiple accounts (tenants) to be hosted on one webapp. Each account appears to be a separate installation.

The architecture is based on a shared webapp connecting to separate databases or schemas. This allows for more cost-effective delivery of services, since many accounts can be hosted on a single app server. At the same time, each account has its own separate database and file upload directory to preserve data isolation.

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Linux
  • Java 6 and above
  • MySQL 5 and above

Installation Steps

The installation steps are similar to the installation for the standard Joget Workflow v3Enterprise.

Refer to the Knowledge Base at Installation using the Linux Bundle for more detailed instructions.

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8. Access the default Workflow Management Console at http://localhost:8080/jw.

Configuration

DNS Configuration

Each account / tenant is identified by a domain name, so the DNS needs to be configured to point desired domains to Joget. For convenience, it is recommended to use a wildcard DNS record (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcard_DNS_record). For example:

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For local testing purposes, it is possible to just modify the local hosts file http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file) . Please note that typically, hosts file configuration does not support wildcards so it will be necessary to add separate entries for each subdomain (e.g., account1.example.com, account2.example.com, etc.).

Profile Configuration

Each account (tenant) is tied to a datasource profile. More info on profiles can be found at Custom Database Configuration.

In v3 the Community or Enterprise Edition, only 1 profile is selected at a time. In the Cloud Edition, this is enhanced such that all accounts and profiles are enabled concurrently.

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  • The key to the left of the equal sign is the domain name, while the value to the right is the profile.
  • Each profile has a corresponding file app_datasource-(profile).properties which contains the database settings.
  • When a request is received, any matching domain name will use the associated profile.
  • currentProfile is a special key to indicate the default profile to use if there are no matching domains.
  • In terms of file uploads and system generated files, each profile stores its files in the subdirectory (joget.home)/wflow/app_profiles/(profile).

Account Provisioning

There are a few approaches to provision (create) an account.

Manual Provisioning

As described in the previous Accounts Configuration section, each account is essentially a datasource profile. So an account can be manually created as follows:

  1. Create a new Joget Workflow database using the script provided in (joget.home)/data/jwdb-cloud.sql, or any other custom scripts.
  2. Create a new profile file (joget.home)/wflow/app_datasource-(profile).properties by copying from app_datasource-default.properties and changing the values accordingly.
  3. Add an entry into (joget.home)/wflow/app_datasource.properties. The entry would be (domain name)=(profile).
  4. The profile is active immediately, and no restart is necessary.

Scripted Provisioning

There is also an Ant build file and script available that simplifies account creation.

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Account Profile Name

Desired account name (e.g., demo) 

Main Domain

Main domain (e.g., example.com) 

Account Domain Name

Account domain (e.g., demo.example.com) 

Account Database Name

Database name for the account (e.g., jwc_demo) 

Account Database User

Database user for the account (e.g., jwc_demo) 

Account Database Password

Database password for the account (e.g., jwc_demo) 

Home Directory

Joget home directory; defaults to current directory 

wflow Directory

Joget configuration directory; defaults to ./wflow

MySQL host name

Database server host name

MySQL port

Database port

MySQL username

Database admin user (with permission to create database)

MySQL password

Database admin password

Cloud Admin App

For convenience, a simple Joget app is provided to automate the account request approval and provisioning process.

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In a production environment, it is recommended for security purposes that this app be installed on a specific profile instead of the default profile.

Account Removal

Manual Removal

To disable an account, perform the following:

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  • Remove the profile entry from (joget.home)/wflow/app_datasource.properties.
  • Delete the profile properties file (joget.home)/wflow/app_datasource-(profile).properties.
  • Delete the associated account database.
  • Delete the associated account profile directory (joget.home)/wflow/app_profiles/(profile).
  • If the Cloud Admin App is used, delete the record from the db table app_fd_cloud_account.

Maintenance

Logging

As with a standard Joget installation on Apache Tomcat, the log file is at (joget.home)/apache-tomcat-6.0.18xxxx/logs/catalina.out.

Updates

Updates to WAR files are done as per standard Joget Workflow installation.

Backup

Backups should be done for all MySQL databases as well as configuration and data files in (joget.home)/wflow.