Macro Operations

You can use the following operations on all processes on each machine.

Refresh

Click the Refresh icon to get the status update on each process and view it in expanded mode.

EVLOOPBACK

The iProcess Engine uses an event mechanism to handle the inter-process communication. To test the event mechanism, click EVLOOPBACK. If the event mechanism is working correctly, a loopback message is received in the following format:

Events working correctly. Received loopback message in <number> second(s).

Start/Stop Processes

Click the Stop Processes or the Start Processes to stop or start all the processes, respectively.

Note: This is a toggle button and display "Start Processes" when all processes are stopped, or "Stop Processes" when all processes are running.

A confirmation dialog box is displayed. On this dialog box, you can choose the machine on which you want to start or stop processes, you can also click the On All Nodes radio button if you want to start or stop processes on all nodes in the cluster. To confirm starting or stopping processes, click YES, START or YES, STOP respectively.

Start/Stop Sentinels

The iProcess Engine server processes are controlled by Sentinels. Click Start Sentinels or Stop Sentinels to start or stop Sentinels respectively. If you are using more than one server to host iProcess Engine (a node cluster), start sentinels on each server.

Note: This is a toggle button and displays "Start Sentinels" typically at start-up or if Sentinels are stopped.

As Sentinels control the start-up of server processes, the "Stop Sentinels" option is disabled when processes are running. This option is enabled only after all processes are stopped.

A confirmation dialog box is displayed. To confirm starting or stopping Sentinels, click YES, START or YES, STOP respectively.