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Use the Start Step Functions Execution action to process Bamboo notifications, JIRA workflow transitions and JIRA Service Desk automation rule executions with AWS Step Functions to coordinate the components of distributed applications and microservices using visual workflows:

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Building applications from individual components that each perform a discrete function lets you scale and change applications quickly. Step Functions is a reliable way to coordinate components and step through the functions of your application. Step Functions provides a graphical console to arrange and visualize the components of your application as a series of steps. This makes it simple to build and run multi-step applications. Step Functions automatically triggers and tracks each step, and retries when there are errors, so your application executes in order and as expected. Step Functions logs the state of each step, so when things do go wrong, you can diagnose and debug problems quickly. You can change and add steps without even writing code, so you can easily evolve your application and innovate faster.

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Integrations

You can use the Start Step Functions Execution action with the following integrations:

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Requirements

The Start Step Functions Execution action requires sufficient IAM permissions - an adequate IAM policy similar to the one provisioned by the Automation with AWS (Core) CloudFormation template might look as follows:

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            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "StepFunctionsPassRole",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "iam:PassRole",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/StatesExecutionRole*"
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(lightbulb) Refer to Creating IAM Roles for Use with AWS Step Functions for details on how to create more granular/secure policies.

Configuration

To configure an Start Step Functions Execution action:

  1. Complete the following settings:

    Parameters

    Specify the action parameters according to the following skeleton in JSON format – refer to stepfunctions . start-execution for details:

    Info

    You typically only specify the stateMachineArn and input parameters, because name must be unique for your AWS account and region and properly defaults to a GUID when absent.

    Tip

    You can inject contextual variables into the remote action payload, refer to Entity Variables for details.

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Entity Variables

You can inject contextual workflow variables with workflow entities into the remote action payload template – currently available entities are:
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Examples

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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