Container Applications Management

Container Applications, also known as Container Applications or Container Application Resources are a special kind of voice application that is executed inside the Cloudonix platform, without requiring the customer to maintain their own application servers.

Container Applications are available under 5 different runtimes, which are as following:

Run-Time Engine	Runtime name in Cockpit	Description
cxml	Static CXML	An application that is executed from a static CXML document, no additional processing is performed or any other dynamic features.
forward	Forward to a different URL	Transfer the control of the connected call to a remote URL application resource.
javascript	JavaScript	An application using this engine will be written in JavaScript and will comply with running Node based Lambda functions.
ruby	Ruby	An application using this this engine will be written in Ruby and will comply with running Ruby based Lambda functions.
select	Select next block according to user input	Select the next Container Application Block to execute, based on the users DTMF (keypad) input. This runtime is useful for simple menu based applications.

Container Application Ownership

A Container Application is owned by the Cloudonix Tenant (customer) and as such, is made available to ALL tenant owned Domains. In order to activate a Container Application, an associated Voice Application MUST be created in the Domain and connected to the Container Application and the relevant execution block.

Container Application Creation and Usage Workflow

Creating a cxml runtime Container Application

From the left hand menu, click the Container Applications menu item, a view similar to the below will appear. Existing Container Applications are displayed as cards below the header, each showing the application name, its number of blocks, the cx://hosted-app/<app>/<block> URL (with a copy button) and the Open, Log and delete buttons:

Click the Create Application button to create a new Container Application, the following dialog will appear:

Enter the Application Name, the Block Name (defaults to main) and select the Runtime. Block names may contain only letters, digits and hyphens. For the purpose of this guide, we've selected the Static CXML (cxml) runtime, which is the simplest to use. Click the Confirm button to submit the Container Application. Once submitted, the Container Application IDE will open, showing the newly created Container Application. Type your code into the editor and click Save to store it:

A Container Application ALWAYS includes a main block, which is the first block to be executed (this is the default, but can be changed). The IDE enables several functions, as detailed below:

Control	Description
Block tabs	Each Container Application block is displayed as a tab (e.g. main). Click a tab to edit that block.
+ tab	Create a new Container Application block, using the Create New Block dialog (Block Name and Runtime). Different blocks may use different runtimes.
Upload	Upload code into the current block.
Deploy Template	Deploy a template into the current block.
Save	Save the Container Application code.
Return	Return to the Container Applications view.

The status bar at the bottom of the editor displays the block runtime, the block URL (e.g. cx://hosted-app/myFirstHostedApplication/main), the cursor position and the code size.

Attaching Containers to Voice Applications

When creating a new voice application, select the Container Application Resource as the Application Resource Type in the Connect A New Application dialog. Then select the Container Application Resource (your Container Application) and its Entry Block, and click Confirm:

Once created, the newly created voice application will use the provided Container Application.