Mule runtime engine (Mule) is a lightweight integration engine that runs Mule applications and supports domains and policies. Mule applications, domains, and policies share an XML DSL (domain-specific language).
Mule applications connect systems, services, APIs, and devices using API-led connectivity instead of point-to-point integrations. Mule applications provide functionality for message routing, data mapping, orchestration, reliability, security, and scalability.
Anypoint Studio supports Mule application development.
Domains enable you to share global configurations that Mule applications need to reuse, such as default error handlers, shared properties, scheduler pools, and component configurations. You can only deploy domains when running Mule runtime engine on premises.
See Shared Resources for information about developing and configuring Mule domains by using Anypoint Studio.
See Deploy a Domain for domain deployment instructions.
Policies on HTTP-based APIs can enforce security, regulate traffic through Mule applications, and adapt APIs to your business needs.
Mule includes an embedded API Gateway, which enables you to apply
security policies to an API, enrich incoming or outgoing messages, and add
capabilities to an API without having to write any code.
See API Gateway Capabilities
for additional information.
API Manager supports the configuration of automated policies. Custom policy development and configuration are also supported.
Maven is a project management utility that Mule implements to enhance project development. Mule provides built-in Maven functionality. For the Mule runtime engine, you can integrate the packaging, testing, and deployment of your Mule applications, domains, and custom policies with your Maven lifecycle using the Mule Maven plugin.
For details, see Maven Support in Mule.
For a Mule app to run, it must be deployed to an environment where the Mule runtime engine is installed.
Mule is packaged within the Studio IDE and with Design Center on Anypoint Platform so that you can run a Mule app as you design it.
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In addition to using Runtime Manager, you can perform deployments and manage Mule apps with Anypoint CLI 3.x, which includes commands for deployments and a number of Anypoint Platform use cases.
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Domains
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Policies
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Deployment Strategies