NodePit Batch

NodePit Batch is the easy way to run your KNIME workflows headless from the command line on your local Linux, Mac or Windows machine or your server. No graphical interface (GUI), command line only, maximum flexibility!

NodePit Batch integrates with the KNIME Analytics Platform and provides you with a clean and simple command line interface (CLI) to configure and run your workflows the way you want.

Getting Started

Install NodePit Batch on your KNIME Analytics Platform via KNIME GUI or NodePit for KNIME. As an alterantive you can also install it via CLI using one of the below commands. Please make sure to use an update site that matches the version of your KNIME Analytics Platform.

 ./knime \
   -nosplash \
   -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director \
   -repository https://download.nodepit.com/5.3 \
   -installIUs com.nodepit.batch.feature.feature.group

 ./KNIME.app/Contents/MacOS/knime \
   -nosplash \
   -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director \
   -repository https://download.nodepit.com/5.3 \
   -installIUs com.nodepit.batch.feature.feature.group

 knime.exe \
   -nosplash \
   -consoleLog \
   -noexit \
   -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director \
   -repository https://download.nodepit.com/5.3 \
   -installIUs com.nodepit.batch.feature.feature.group

Run your workflows from the command line. To see all parameters and options, please run the following command.

 ./knime \
   -nosplash \
   -application com.nodepit.batch.application.NodePitBatchExecutor

 ./KNIME.app/Contents/MacOS/knime \
   -nosplash \
   -application com.nodepit.batch.application.NodePitBatchExecutor

 knime.exe \
   -nosplash \
   -consoleLog \
   -noexit \
   -application com.nodepit.batch.application.NodePitBatchExecutor

A basic ready-to-use example based on a rudimentary workflow looks like this:

 ./knime \
   -nosplash \
   -application com.nodepit.batch.application.NodePitBatchExecutor \
   https://nodepit.com/download/workflow/com.nodepit.workflows/batch/Hello-NodePit-Batch.knwf

 ./KNIME.app/Contents/MacOS/knime \
   -nosplash \
   -application com.nodepit.batch.application.NodePitBatchExecutor \
   https://nodepit.com/download/workflow/com.nodepit.workflows/batch/Hello-NodePit-Batch.knwf

 knime.exe \
   -nosplash \
   -consoleLog \
   -noexit \
   -application com.nodepit.batch.application.NodePitBatchExecutor \
   https://nodepit.com/download/workflow/com.nodepit.workflows/batch/Hello-NodePit-Batch.knwf

Become creative! Run your workflow on demand or use a scheduling tool (e.g. Windows Task Scheduler, Mac Automator, or cron) to execute your workflows regularly and automatized.

You'd like to go a step further and require a extensive web application to deploy, execute and monitor your KNIME workflows in the cloud or on-premises as easy as running them locally? Try out NodePit Runner.

Features

Run Your Workflows With Ease

NodePit Batch comes with a lean and mean command-line interface with meaningful defaults that take the pain out of running workflows headless.

Workflows From Anywhere

No matter where and how you store your workflows. NodePit Batch supports KNIME workflows (aka “KNWF”) and KNIME archives (aka “KNAR”) from your local machine or any URL on the Internet.

Support for Credentials and Variables

You need to pass workflow credentials and flow variables to your workflow. At your service! NodePit Batch allows you to pass them to make your execution as flexible as possible.

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