CloudFlow:Create flows

Create a flow in the console

1. Log on to the Serverless Workflow console.
2. On the Flows page, click Create Flow.
   
3. On the Create Flow page, set Name and Definition. You can also use visual flows to assist in writing flow definitions.
   

   The Serverless Workflow console provides a default flow definition. The following YAML text-defined flow contains a pass step (pass1). For more information about flow definitions, see Flow Definition Language.

   version: v1
   type: flow
   steps:
     - type: pass
       name: pass1                  

4. Click Next Step.
5. In the Flow Role field, enter the Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) of the Resource Access Management (RAM) role created in Create execution roles. This role grants Serverless Workflow access to your cloud service resources, such as Function Compute. This example flow does not access other cloud services such as Function Compute. Therefore, you can leave the Flow Role field blank.
   
6. Click Create Flow.

Create a flow by using Alibaba Cloud CLI

Before you use Alibaba Cloud CLI to create a flow, you must install this tool. For more information, see Installation Guide and Configure Alibaba Cloud CLI.

# Help
$ aliyun fnf CreateFlow help
Alibaba Cloud CLI 3.0.12

Product: fnf (Serverless Workflow)

Parameters:
  --Definition  String  Required
  --Description String  Required
  --Name        String  Required
  --RoleArn     String  Optional
  --Type        String  Required
  --RequestID   String  Optional         

You can use the CreateFlow command to create a flow.

1. Prepare for creating a flow. You can store the following flow definition in a file in the current path.

   version: v1
   type: flow
   steps:
     - type: pass
       name: pass1  

2. Create a flow.
   Important You must replace RoleArn in the following content with your flow role. For more information about flow roles, see Execution roles.

   $ aliyun fnf CreateFlow --Description "demo" --Type FDL --RoleArn acs:ram::xxx:xxx --Name cli_guide_1 --Definition "$(<./flow.yaml)"
   # Command execution result
   {
       "Name": "cli_guide_1",
       "Description": "demo",
       "Definition": "version: v1beta1\ntype: flow\nsteps:\n  - type: pass\n    name: pass1",
       "Id": "78c68342-d63b-4cb5-9207-4e44eeb7e632",
       "Type": "FDL",
       "RoleArn": "acs:ram::xxx:xxx",
       "CreatedTime": "2019-05-13T05:59:51.762Z",
       "LastModifiedTime": "2019-05-13T05:59:51.762Z",
       "RequestId": "xxxx"
   }