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Blueriq consists of the following components:
- Studio: create and maintain an application
- Runtime: execute an application
- Publisher: publish an application from one environment to another
Blueriq Studio
A closer look at the Studio shows that there are two layers internally:
- Studio server
- Studio client
The Studio server provides the core functionality and is responsible for maintaining the Studio repository. It provides a management service, via SOAP, which handles the connections to the Publisher, Composer and the development plug-in on the Runtime.
The interface elements (the Studio screens) are handled by the client. This client is built with XBAP technology which requires Internet Explorer to run.
Both Studio layers run on top of an IIS application server.
Key features of the Studio:
- Complete revision control
- Work with external and internal libraries
- Multilingual elements
- User and access management
- Working with multiple projects
Blueriq Studio provides a complete guide on the Studio.
Blueriq Runtime
The Runtime is the execution platform that executes the application. The Runtime runs on top of an application server, e.g. Tomcat, JBoss, Websphere. On the next layer the Blueriq SDK is available which contains the Blueriq engines. The webapp is located on the next layer, which handles all web interaction. On top of the stack a number of plug-ins are available, e.g. Dashboard, CMIS, which provide specific functionality.
There are several options to load an application from the Studio into the Runtime:
Via a direct link between Studio and Runtime
Via a generated export on the file system (by default in
spring.config.additional-location
/exports
)- Via the Publisher
The Runtime runs on Java or .Net and works with modern browsers.
Key features of the Runtime:
- Customizable dashboard to run applications
- Variety of plug-ins to extend functionality
- Different APIs to further extend and customize functionality
Blueriq Runtime provides a complete guide on the Runtime.
Blueriq App Builder (out of production)
Blueriq offers an App Builder, enabling the deployment of a Blueriq application as an app. See Blueriq App Builder [OUT OF PRODUCTION]
Blueriq Publisher
The Publisher is a standalone application. It is connected to Studio to retrieve applications. An application can be published from Studio to the Publisher database. An environment with a Runtime can connect to this database and start a published application through the Publisher Client, which runs on top of Runtime.
Key features of the Publisher:
- Two man rule
- Select a tag/revision to publish
- Administration of published/unpublished applications
More information on the Publisher can be found here: Blueriq Publisher ➔.
Blueriq Control Center
The Blueriq Control Center is the linking pin between multiple Blueriq Studios and multiple Blueriq Runtimes. Every studio can be connected to the Control Center by giving the connection a name and by using the management service.
To be able to publish the project(s) to a runtime, the Blueriq Control Center currently uses the Blueriq Publisher.
Blueriq Model Analyzer
Blueriq Model Analyzer gives an objective judgment about the quality of Blueriq models and lift these models to a higher level.