System Modes

Introduction

Cloudrexx is run in purpose-optimized modes. Each initialization of Cloudrexx (HTTP(S) Request, CLI command, RESTful-API-call and JsonData-calls) is executed/processed in one of the defined system modes. Each mode is optimized for a specific purpose and does therefore only execute a subset of the whole system components. The selection of the system mode is done automatically based on how the initialization has been triggered.

Modes

Mode	Description	Automatic invocation on...	Identifier	Bootstrapping
Frontend	By default, Cloudrexx is run in Frontend mode. This mode is used to process regular HTTP(S)-requests made to the website (from web browsers).	All HTTP(S)-requests (except those to /cadmin and /api)	\Cx\Core\Core\Controller\Cx::MODE_FRONTEND	Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 (Frontend)
Backend	The management interface (a.k.a Backend) is run in Backend system mode.	All HTTP(S)-requests to /cadmin Legacy JsonData-calls	\Cx\Core\Core\Controller\Cx::MODE_BACKEND	Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 (Backend)
Command	Commands are executed in Command system mode.	All HTTP(S)-requests to /api RESTful-API-calls Invocation form CLI JsonData-calls	\Cx\Core\Core\Controller\Cx::MODE_COMMAND	Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 (Command)
Minimal	Can be used to access the Cloudrexx framework in a standalone PHP-script.	-	\Cx\Core\Core\Controller\Cx::MODE_MINIMAL	Stage 1 Stage 2

Manual Invocation

In a standalone PHP-script, the invocation of each mode can be forced as follows:

/* set $mode to one of:
 * \Cx\Core\Core\Controller\Cx::MODE_FRONTEND
 * \Cx\Core\Core\Controller\Cx::MODE_BACKEND
 * \Cx\Core\Core\Controller\Cx::MODE_COMMAND
 * \Cx\Core\Core\Controller\Cx::MODE_MINIMAL
 */
require_once '/<path to Cloudrexx installation>/core/Core/init.php';
$cx = init($mode);