Get Started with the Camunda RPA Bridge
This page describes the steps to orchestrate and execute RPA bots from Camunda BPM using the Camunda BPM RPA Bridge.
Enterprise Feature
Please note that the RPA bridge is only available as enterprise edition.
Check the Camunda enterprise homepage for more information or get your free trial version.
Requirements
Java
Please make sure that you have the Java Runtime Environment 8+ installed.
You can verify this by using your terminal, shell, or command line:
java -version
If you need to install a Java Runtime Environment, you can find the download from Oracle here.
Camunda BPM
You will need a running Camunda BPM Enterprise Edition with Camunda 7.14 or later. You can find all downloadable distros here.
Cawemo and Camunda Modeler
The easiest way to create a BPMN model that connects to an RPA bot is by using Cawemo to create a worker catalog that you can apply to your process model using the Camunda Modeler. Make sure to use Cawemo 1.4 (or later) and Camunda Modeler 4.2 (or later).
Installation Procedure
- Download the Camunda RPA Bridge distro from here.
- Extract the downloaded archive
- Configure the bridge with the shipped
application.yml
file (see the user guide for a full list of configuration options). - Start the Bridge by executing the jar file:
java -jar camunda-bpm-rpa-bridge.jar
- Create and deploy a model that includes an RPA service task (see the user guide for more information)
The bridge will now forward RPA tasks to the UiPath Orchestrator and publish the result back to Camunda. You can observe the process via Cockpit.
Not sure where to go next? For a complete step-by-step guide that shows you how you can orchestrate RPA bots with BPMN, see the RPA Orchestration Get Started guide.