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Peter Roelants
02/04/2021, 11:10 AMHi Prefect,
I'm trying to build up my understanding of how a flow gets registered and run, while what happens in the background. I tried to sketch a diagram (attached here). I'm curious, is there anything plainly wrong in this diagram? Is there another diagram of the Prefect Runtime Architecture that I can reference?
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Zanie
02/04/2021, 5:04 PM
Hi @Peter Roelants -- there's a diagram on our roadmap but not one yet š I'll take a look at yours quick.
This looks reasonably correct
ā¢ Flow registration doesn't register it to run, it sends the flow metadata to the server
ā¢ You'd then trigger a run for a flow via the API/UI
ā¢ The FlowRunner will submit a TaskRunner to the executor that wraps execution of your task code, but that may be too detailed for your goals here
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BK Lau
02/04/2021, 5:35 PM@Zanie Can a flow be triggered via some API call once its registered with the Prefect server?. While UI is fine, for automated workflow, API calls is a must.
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Zanie
02/04/2021, 5:36 PM
Yep! The GraphQL API lets you do everything the UI does.
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BK Lau
02/04/2021, 5:38 PM@Peter Roelants Are you putting this diagram on the github somewhere. Would interested to bookmark it for reference. TY
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Peter Roelants
02/04/2021, 6:43 PMThanks for the verification!
@BK Lau I quickly made it in lucid chart for my own understanding. However I could export it if you want?
What format would you like it in? And where could I upload it?
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BK Lau
02/04/2021, 9:04 PM.pdf or .png should be fine.
I certainly agreed that there should be an architecture diagram. I think the Agent<--> Runner side was obscure. I'm certainly in the mechanics of things
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Peter Roelants
02/05/2021, 6:41 AM@BK Lau Please find a pdf version here
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BK Lau
02/05/2021, 2:40 PM@Peter Roelants Cool. TY.
FYI there's a small Prefect architecture diagram on this site.
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