This sample shows a workflow that can be used to run tasks periodically.
- You must have a valid Amazon Web Services developer account.
- Requires the AWS SDK for PHP. For more information on the AWS SDK for PHP, see http://aws.amazon.com/sdkforphp.
- You must be signed up for Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF). For more information, see http://aws.amazon.com/swf.
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Create the Samples domain
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Go to the SWF Management Console (https://console.aws.amazon.com/swf/home).
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Follow the on-screen instructions to log in.
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Click Manage Domains and register a new domain with the name Samples.
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To run this sample, you need to execute three scripts from the command line in separate terminal/console windows
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Start the decider, which periodically schedules an activity task, using the command: php -f start_cron_example_workflow_workers.php Once successfully started, the decider will start polling for decision tasks.
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Start the activity worker to perform the tasks using the command: php -f start_cron_example_activity_workers.php Once successfully started, the activity worker will start polling for activity tasks.
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Start a workflow execution using the command: php -f start_cron_example_workflow.php After an execution has been started, the decider and activity worker will start processing tasks.
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The decider will print a message to the console each time it completes a decision task and the activity worker will print a message to the console each time it completes an activity task.
Note that the start_cron_example_workflow.php script will exit quickly while the decider and activity worker scripts keep running until you manually terminate them.