# Conductor OSS **URL:** https://community.orkes.io/c/conductor/4.md [Latest](https://community.orkes.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.orkes.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.orkes.io/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to Orkes Conductor Community! 👋](https://community.orkes.io/t/welcome-to-orkes-conductor-community/37)
**Author:** [@jeff.bull](https://community.orkes.io/u/jeff.bull)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/welcome-to-orkes-conductor-community/37 "2024-12-10T18:50:45Z")
We are so glad you joined us. Here are some things you can do to get started: :speaking\_head: Introduce yourself by adding your picture and information about yourself and your interests to your profile. What is one thi… --- ## [Community Code of Conduct](https://community.orkes.io/t/community-code-of-conduct/20)
**Author:** [@jeff.bull](https://community.orkes.io/u/jeff.bull)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/community-code-of-conduct/20 "2024-10-23T18:39:58Z")
Hello valued community members! Our Orkes Conductor community has grown tremendously, and as part of ensuring a harmonious experience for everyone, we’ve outlined some guidelines that we’d love for all members to uphold.… --- ## [Workflow and Task Definition Designer](https://community.orkes.io/t/workflow-and-task-definition-designer/263)
**Author:** [@alexzander.kent](https://community.orkes.io/u/alexzander.kent)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/workflow-and-task-definition-designer/263 "2026-09-23T03:54:32Z")
Is there an existing docker image out there that will enable the Workflow and Task Definition interfaces to have a designer more in line with Orkes Conductor or Logic Apps. So as not to just rely on defining tasks and wo… --- ## [Conductor Hosting Artchitecture](https://community.orkes.io/t/conductor-hosting-artchitecture/290)
**Author:** [@alexzander.kent](https://community.orkes.io/u/alexzander.kent)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/conductor-hosting-artchitecture/290 "2026-09-23T03:49:18Z")
Our team are looking at standing up a local instance of Conductor. We’re wanting to understand what the pros and cons are of running conductor in docker or direct on linux. If anyone could offer any insight into how Ork… --- ## [Conductor OSS on Kubernetes/OpenShift](https://community.orkes.io/t/conductor-oss-on-kubernetes-openshift/264)
**Author:** [@zoheb](https://community.orkes.io/u/zoheb)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/conductor-oss-on-kubernetes-openshift/264 "2026-05-20T16:32:16Z")
Hi Team, We are very interested in adopting Conductor OSS for our critical project. However, we noticed that there is no official deployment guide specifically for Kubernetes/OpenShift. While we can create the YAML file… --- ## [Completed workflow cleanup](https://community.orkes.io/t/completed-workflow-cleanup/260)
**Author:** [@jpbelval](https://community.orkes.io/u/jpbelval)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/completed-workflow-cleanup/260 "2026-04-29T17:52:50Z")
Hello, is there a setting or a configuration for workflow executions to be disposed after completion? Does it need to be set up in Elastic or is there a Conductor OSS way to cleanup the created workflows? Thanks --- ## [Migrating from deprecated Orkes Community to Conductor OSS](https://community.orkes.io/t/migrating-from-deprecated-orkes-community-to-conductor-oss/245)
**Author:** [@Devon\_Humes](https://community.orkes.io/u/Devon_Humes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/migrating-from-deprecated-orkes-community-to-conductor-oss/245 "2026-01-17T00:46:40Z")
I don’t know if this is the right place to post this but I’m trying to find any documentation or support for switching from the abandoned Orkes Community to Conductor OSS. I recently joined a new company and they are usi… --- ## [Post messages directly to Conductor](https://community.orkes.io/t/post-messages-directly-to-conductor/241)
**Author:** [@matt-heynota](https://community.orkes.io/u/matt-heynota)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/post-messages-directly-to-conductor/241 "2025-10-31T03:19:50Z")
Hi all I’ve been getting familiar with Conductor and have it running locally via docker. I’ve set up an event handler to receive messages from RabbitMQ and start a workflow like this: { "name": "Begin test\_local\_work… --- ## [Public input forms and workflow with approvsl emails](https://community.orkes.io/t/public-input-forms-and-workflow-with-approvsl-emails/237)
**Author:** [@Rafi\_Newman](https://community.orkes.io/u/Rafi_Newman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/public-input-forms-and-workflow-with-approvsl-emails/237 "2025-09-19T05:54:40Z")
hi, I am looking for a form+workflow service that meet the following requirements, do you comply? define input forms that may be accessed as public shared with no login define workflow for the form that starts immedia… --- ## [Trigger workflow in synchronous fashion using conductor's provided api](https://community.orkes.io/t/trigger-workflow-in-synchronous-fashion-using-conductors-provided-api/163)
**Author:** [@anupsinha007](https://community.orkes.io/u/anupsinha007)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/trigger-workflow-in-synchronous-fashion-using-conductors-provided-api/163 "2025-04-19T16:33:35Z")
Hi team, we do have a usecase where we want to trigger conductor workflow with few input parameter using conductor’s provided api where this workflow should work in synchronous fashion meaning it will wait till all the t… --- ## [RaceCondition seems to occur in ElasticSearchRestDAO7](https://community.orkes.io/t/racecondition-seems-to-occur-in-elasticsearchrestdao7/66)
**Author:** [@kjh](https://community.orkes.io/u/kjh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/racecondition-seems-to-occur-in-elasticsearchrestdao7/66 "2025-04-08T07:51:12Z")
Hi, I found a status unsync between the list of Tasks and the detail of Tasks. Perhaps it is a synchronization problem due to the lock of ElasticSearch. In ElasticSearchRestDAO7.java, BulkRequest is regenerated in inde… --- ## [Fixing Flyway Migration After OSS-Conductor Upgrade (3.21.4+)](https://community.orkes.io/t/fixing-flyway-migration-after-oss-conductor-upgrade-3-21-4/146)
**Author:** [@pyarun](https://community.orkes.io/u/pyarun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/fixing-flyway-migration-after-oss-conductor-upgrade-3-21-4/146 "2025-03-12T17:47:20Z")
Problem: Upgrading OSS-Conductor from version 3.21.4 to a newer version (e.g., 3.21.12 or similar) results in a Flyway migration error: “Validate failed: Migrations have failed validation” Caused by: org.flywaydb.core.a… --- ## [Performance optimization issues during load testing](https://community.orkes.io/t/performance-optimization-issues-during-load-testing/144)
**Author:** [@jeff.bull](https://community.orkes.io/u/jeff.bull)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/performance-optimization-issues-during-load-testing/144 "2025-03-07T18:08:20Z")
Cross-posting on behalf of Lai Qilin from Slack: Hello, we encountered some issues while testing the conductor. Would it be convenient to consult? During the pressure testing process, the task was executed quickly in a… --- ## [Best Approach to Consume Kafka Messages in Conductor OSS](https://community.orkes.io/t/best-approach-to-consume-kafka-messages-in-conductor-oss/131)
**Author:** [@raseldc](https://community.orkes.io/u/raseldc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/best-approach-to-consume-kafka-messages-in-conductor-oss/131 "2025-02-14T17:19:53Z")
Hi everyone, Is there a way to consume Kafka messages using Conductor OSS? I achieve this by creating a sample task using the consumer.poll method to retrieve messages. Is there a better approach for a worker to consum… --- ## [LinkageError when running the application](https://community.orkes.io/t/linkageerror-when-running-the-application/72)
**Author:** [@jaysmaverick](https://community.orkes.io/u/jaysmaverick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/linkageerror-when-running-the-application/72 "2025-02-04T01:07:47Z")
Sample application gives below error when running and this error happens in the line to create WorkflowExecutor Exception Exception in thread “main” java.lang.LinkageError: ClassCastException: attempting to castjar:file… --- ## [Getting started](https://community.orkes.io/t/getting-started/63)
**Author:** [@sabeyi](https://community.orkes.io/u/sabeyi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/getting-started/63 "2025-01-15T17:10:52Z")
Hi everyone! I’m new to Conductor and just getting started. I’ve cloned the repository from GitHub - conductor-oss/conductor: Conductor is an event driven orchestration platform and have successfully run it on my local … --- ## [Error running workflow with sample code](https://community.orkes.io/t/error-running-workflow-with-sample-code/26)
**Author:** [@jeff.bull](https://community.orkes.io/u/jeff.bull)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/error-running-workflow-with-sample-code/26 "2024-10-28T16:26:49Z")
On behalf of @AI Dev (Conductor Slack): I cloned this repo https://github.com/conductor-oss/conductor.git, and successfully ran Coductor on my local computer using docker. I tried to run the workflow and used this sam… --- ## [Seeing this error - postgres backend, any fix suggestions please?](https://community.orkes.io/t/seeing-this-error-postgres-backend-any-fix-suggestions-please/24)
**Author:** [@jeff.bull](https://community.orkes.io/u/jeff.bull)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/seeing-this-error-postgres-backend-any-fix-suggestions-please/24 "2024-10-24T22:42:05Z")
On behalf of Priyam (Conductor Slack) Full output: conductor-server-59d657f4cf-slxsq conductor com.netflix.conductor.core.exception.TransientException: Error updating task: 6b84950e-dab2-4aeb-805d-88c316ebb150 for work… --- ## [Error when running Conductor with postgresql](https://community.orkes.io/t/error-when-running-conductor-with-postgresql/21)
**Author:** [@jeff.bull](https://community.orkes.io/u/jeff.bull)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/error-when-running-conductor-with-postgresql/21 "2024-10-24T16:51:14Z")
From Jay Patel: Hi, I tried running conductor with postgresql (conductor/docker/docker-compose-postgres-es7.yaml at main · conductor-oss/conductor · GitHub). But the conductor container image keeps exiting with error … --- ## [About the Conductor OSS category](https://community.orkes.io/t/about-the-conductor-oss-category/3)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.orkes.io/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/about-the-conductor-oss-category/3 "2024-10-17T20:37:00Z")
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