I have a challenge when it comes to automatically starting the indicium application. We're working with the Software Factory Version 2021.3 where the Indicium layer is used in the generation process.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the message We stopped hearing from Indicium is given when Indicium does not pick up new system flows for at least 60 seconds. This usually means that Indicium is not running anymore and should be reactivated.
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This is explainable behavior after rebooting the web server, when the IIS manage server is stopped or when the application pool is stopped or recycled. For all these examples IIS is not automatically starting the indicium application. We should always start Indicium manually by accessing the URL. Indicium will always be accessed by https based on a IIS redirect rule.
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So the question is, how can eliminate the step where we start Indicium manually by accessing the URL and let IIS handle it automatically?