Command Line Tool (CLI)

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Command Line Tool (CLI)

The CLI can be used to simplify working with PIPEFORCE.

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See here for more details about this CLI tool: Command Line Interface (CLI)

Verify and install Java 8

Open your terminal and verify that you have a Java runtime version >= 1.8 installed:

$> java -version

You should see an output similar to this:

java version "1.8"

If there is a version number 1.8 or higher shown, then you have installed “Java 8” or higher.

In case you see an output like “command not found” then you probably have no Java environment installed yet. So go to the next step and download and install the environment.

Install Java

If you have not Java runtime yet, follow these steps to download and install:

1. Go to https://www.java.com/de/download/ and download the latest Java runtime.

2. Install the downloaded package.

3. Open a new console window and try out that this command now shows the installed Java version:

$> java -version

How to download an install the CLI?

After you have made sure that Java is installed and runs correctly, you can download the latest version of the cli tool by clicking this link:

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Follow the wizard to install the CLI.

How to update?

To update to the lastest version, simply use this command:

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It will search for latest versions and automatically download + install it for you.

Add it to your Windows path

Optionally you can add the pi tool to your path variable in order to simplify the call to:

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To do so, add the file pi.bat inside your $USER_HOME/pipeforce folder to the PATH variable on your Windows system.

Add it to your Mac/*nix path

Optionally you can add the CLI tool to your path variable in order to simplify the call to:

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To do so, add the folder $USER_HOME/pipeforce to your paths file.

BPMN Modeler

The BPMN modeler is used a free tool to design BPMN diagrams and save the BPMN files. These files .

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then can be deployed to PIPEFORCE using the workflow.deploy command.

Note:

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