Processes are automated tasks that run on agents.
There are three types of processes:
- Generic processes run outside the context of components or applications.
- Application processes run within the context of applications.
In many cases, application processes call component processes. For
example, an application process can call the component processes that
deploy those components.
- Component processes run tasks on a single component, such as deploying
it, uninstalling it, or running configuration tasks on it.
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 these steps;
plug-ins are available that work with many different types of software.
You use the process editor to work with processes. See Editing processes.