InRule provides cloud deployment options that allow you to run Catalog, Catalog Manager, and Decision Services inside of the Microsoft Azure App Service environment with minimal configuration and setup. For a store-front UI enabled deployment experience, visit the InRule Decision Services marketplace listing. For additional information on other deployment options and their respective deployment process, please see below.
Before you get started, you'll need to make sure you have the following:
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Knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Azure, specifically around Azure Resource Management, Azure App Service Web Apps, and Azure SQL Databases.
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A Microsoft Azure Subscription. If you do not have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.
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A valid InRule license file, named
InRuleLicense.xml. If you do not have a valid InRule license file for InRule, please contact Support. -
Azure CLI is installed.
InRule’s catalog provides centralized rule management and administration to store, version, set permissions, check-in and check-out rules—all at a granular level. The Catalog Manager makes it easy to promote rules from one environment to another.
The Catalog Manager is a stand-alone web application that provides an administrative interface to an Catalog repository. It is used to manage and migrate Rule Applications across an organization's various staging environments including production. It also provides an interface for managing users, roles, and permissions.
InRule is proud to release its latest APIs for discoverable and frictionless execution of decisions and rules. Decision Services are provided as two APIs-in-one including the newly designed Decision API and a modernized version of our classic Rule Execution API.
There are two options for deploying Decision Services: deploying through the Azure Marketplace or deploying with an Azure Resource Manager Template - both options will deploy the same set of resources. If deploying with the ARM template, you can choose to deploy via the Azure Portal or through the Azure CLI.
For more information on executing decisions and rules, refer to the following documentation:
Once Web Apps have been deployed, their individual log files can be retrieved.
Be sure to backup the AppSettings file because it will be overwritten during an upgrade deployment.
The classic irServer Rule Execution Service is flagged for retirement at the end of 2024. Please plan on transitioning your calling application to use either the new Decision API or the backward-compatible Rule Execution API.
For instructions on deploying the irServer Execution Service with an ARM template, see the documentation here.