Aletyx Enterprise Build of Kogito¶

What is Kogito?¶

Kogito is a cloud-native business automation platform designed for the modern containerized infrastructure and DevOps practices. As part of the Aletyx Enterprise Build of Kogito and Drools, our enhanced Kogito implementation represents the next generation of business automation with a focus on cloud-native development, deployment, and scalability.

Key Concepts¶

Cloud-Native Design¶

Kogito is built from the ground up for cloud environments:

Container-first architecture
Kubernetes®-native deployment
Independent scaling of services
Stateless operations with external state management
Event-driven communication between services

Developer-Centric Approach¶

Kogito prioritizes developer experience:

Code-centric development model
Tight integration with favorite frameworks (Quarkus™, Spring Boot™)
Native compilation support for reduced startup time and memory usage
Automated native service generation from business assets
Codegen over runtime configuration

Business-IT Alignment¶

Kogito maintains business focus while being developer-friendly:

Standard business formats (BPMN™, DMN™)
Domain-specific extensions for common patterns
Business-oriented interfaces for monitoring and management
Clear separation of business logic and technical code

Core Components¶

Process Engine¶

Kogito processes are cloud-optimized:

Lightweight, distributed execution
Event-based coordination between instances and services
Reactive programming model for scalability
Optimized for serverless and microservice architectures

Our enhanced implementation adds:

Decision Engine¶

Decision services in Kogito are:

Independently deployable as standalone services
Stateless by design for horizontal scaling
Self-documenting with OpenAPI™ integration

Supporting Services¶

The Kogito ecosystem includes:

Data Index Service for unified data access
Jobs Service for asynchronous and scheduled tasks
Management Console for operational visibility

Our extended service ecosystem adds:

Process scalability
Integration with enterprise monitoring tools
Additional supported datasources

Development Experience¶

Project Structure¶

A typical Kogito project structure:

src/
├── main/
│   ├── java/
│   │   └── org/example/
│   │       ├── LoanApplication.java
│   │       └── LoanService.java
│   ├── resources/
│   │   ├── application.properties
│   │   ├── loanApproval.bpmn
│   │   └── loanEligibility.dmn
│   └── webapp/
│       └── forms/
│           └── loan-application.html
├── test/
│   └── java/
└── pom.xml

Java™ Application Development¶

Kogito applications integrate seamlessly with Java code:

Generated REST APIs¶

Kogito automatically generates REST endpoints for business processes:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/loans" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"applicant":{"name":"John Doe","age":30,"income":90000},"amount":250000,"term":30}'

Integration Points¶

Kogito integrates with:

Quarkus and Spring Boot as underlying frameworks
Kafka™ and other events based platforms for event-driven communication
Prometheus™ and Grafana™ for monitoring
Red Hat OpenShift®/Kubernetes® for container orchestration
Knative/Serverless for event-driven functions

Next Steps¶

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