Services

The Services tab shows the services currently running in Orion. You can start, stop, share, unshare, and delete services.

A service is custom code run on an AWS instance that can provide custom functionality. It can perform short-running tasks. Unlike a floe, a service is started and continues running until it is stopped. It can act as an API or serve as a custom website.

The Services tab shows a list of services. Each one has an ID, a spec ID (an ID for the service spec), the name, the owner, and a description. You can toggle whether to include only your services. The “Play” icon in the Action column starts the service and changes to a “Stop” button for running and loaded services. The “Trash” icon deletes that task. Clicking the three dots takes you to a modal with details about the service. Each service is started from a service spec. To reach the service specs, click the “Start Service” button. The modal has a list of service specs, or you can enter the name or ID in the search bar. You can name the service and enter a description. Click the “Start” button to start the service. It will run until stopped.