Processes

Crossbar.io has a multi-process architecture. There is one node controller process per node

• Controller Configuration

and multiple worker processes of these types

• Router Configuration

• Container Configuration

• Guest Configuration

Processes can be further configured with

• Process Environments

• Native Worker Options

Configuration

The controller is configured in the node’s configuration like here

{
    "controller": {
        // controller configuration
    }
}

Read more in **Controller** Configuration.

Workers are configured in a node’s local configuration like this

{
    "workers": [
        {
            "type": "..."
        }
    ]
}

There are valid values for the type of worker:

• "router" - see Router Configuration

• "container" - see Container Configuration

• "guest" - see Guest Configuration