Hello,
I want to schedule a Java package on an agent. How can I do it? How effective is running a package on agents?
I’m wondering why there isn’t an OpenRPA agent where I can launch a workflow as a package—something like a Linux container with OpenRPA installed
using openrpa commnadline
That is some very broad questions, so you are going to get broad answers.
How to schedule a Java package on an agent
You do that just like any other package, you go to the schedule tab inside OpenCore and select the package … if the code is designed to run all the time, make sure to enable “daemon” in the package.json file, if the code is more of a “run and exit when done” kind of code, you select a cron schedule to match.
Our nodeagent image is preconfigured to support Java. If you run an agent remotely, you need to manually install and set up Java beforehand. By default, the agent expects you to distribute a JAR file.
How effective is running a package on agents?
Very efficient.
Why isn’t there an OpenRPA agent?
There is; it’s called the assistant. It’s designed to run on the user’s desktop, and the user can execute packages. You can schedule packages and remotely invoke them, just like you can with OpenRPA and OpenRPA workflows.
OpenIAP Assistant
Linux container with OpenRPA installed
Yeah, that is not going to happen with the current version of OpenRPA. This is a pure Windows-only application.
But the next version of OpenRPA will be cross-platform and only work as a package inside OpenCore, the same way we run everything else. So it’s in the roadmap, but not something we are ready to show off in public yet.