Hot swapping processes in Aura distributed architecture

Introduction

Constructors can add, delete of modify a skill through a hot swapping process, without affecting other skills, through the aura-configuration-api.

Through this process, aura-groot can be modified to route to a new skill or delete from its routing tables other skills if constructors do not want to send requests to them.

Guidelines

Add a new skill

• Deploy a new skill in your own deployment site.

• Prepare your channel:

  • (Optional) If your skill is serving a new channel, add the channel to the aura-configuration-api.
  • (Optional) If your skill is serving an already existing channel that is not handled by any skill, nothing is needed.
  • (Optional) If your skill is serving an already existing channel that is handled by another skill, delete the channel from the current skill configuration aura-configuration-api, launching a PATCH request.

• Prepare the POST request to the aura-configuration-api in order to add the skill.

• Send the request to the aura-configuration-api to add the skill.

• After the request is processed, aura-groot automatically loads the new skill and starts routing requests to it.

Delete an existing skill

• Prepare the DELETE request to the aura-configuration-api to delete the skill.

• Send the request to the aura-configuration-api to delete the skill.

• After the request is processed, aura-groot automatically removes the deleted skill and no longer routes requests to it.

• (Optional) If your skill is serving a dedicated channel that is no longer needed, remove the channel from the aura-configuration-api.

• At this point, the skill can be undeployed from your deployment site.