Difference between Kie Server, Business Central and Kie Workbench?

Question

I am new to jBPM.

I have developed and deployed a Business Process through Business Central (KIE Workbench) only and it is working fine. I haven't used Kie Server directly.

I wanted to know the difference between Kie Server and Business Central.

Can I develop and deploy Business Process, rules, etc. without Business Central (KIE Workbench)?

Answer 1

Kie-server provide execution environment for execution of rules and processes, it didnt support authoring of rules and processes. business-central(known as kie-workbench in community) support authoring and execution of process and rules in 6.x release. From 7.x release, kie-workbench didnt support execution of rules and processes, it support only authoring.