Processes are a list of steps and connections between those steps. Each step is an individual command that runs on a target computer. Steps can manipulate files, run system commands, download files, and run programs. Plug-ins contribute most of these steps; plug-ins are available that work with many different types of software. For information about steps that are provided by plug-ins, see the documentation for the individual plug-in on IBM® developerWorks®: UrbanCode Deploy Plug-ins.
Each component must have at least one component process to deploy or install the component. In this lesson, you create a deployment process for each of the three components. Later, you create an application process that calls these component processes to deploy each component.
Also, if you move the mouse over a step, an arrow icon appears over the center of the step. This icon is used to create links between steps.
You can use component processes to automate many different tasks on components. However, you generally do not run component processes directly; in most cases, you add them to application processes. Later in this tutorial, you will create an application process for these three component processes.
Processes consist of steps, which are provided by plug-ins. To see a list of plug-ins that are available, and for documentation on those plug-ins and steps, see IBM developerWorks: UrbanCode Deploy Plug-ins.