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title: Pushing an app with multiple processes
owner: CAPI
---


The Cloud Foundry API (CAPI) V3 supports using a single command to push apps that run multiple processes, such as a web app that has a UI process and a worker process. You can push an app with multiple processes using either a manifest or a Procfile.

For more information about processes, see the [CAPI V3 documentation](http://v3-apidocs.cloudfoundry.org/index.html#processes).


## <a id='manifest'></a> Push an app with multiple processes using a manifest

To push an app with multiple processes using a manifest:

1. Create a file in YAML format that defines a manifest. Include each process with its start command.

   This example manifest file defines the app `example-app` with two processes:

    ```yaml
    version: 1
    - name: example-app
      processes:
      - type: web
        command: bundle exec rackup config.ru -p $PORT
        instances: 3
      - type: worker
        command: bundle exec rake worker:start
        health-check-type: process
        instances: 2
    ```

1. Push the app with your manifest by running:

    ```console
    cf push -f MANIFEST.yml
    ```
    Where `MANIFEST` is the filename of your manifest file.

For more information about defining processes with manifests, see [processes](deploy-apps/manifest-attributes.html#processes) in _App Manifest Attribute Reference_.

## <a id='procfile'></a>Push an app with multiple processes using a Procfile

Procfile support varies depending on the buildpack you use. For example, the Staticfile buildpack requires a Staticfile instead of a Procfile. For more information, see <a href="../buildpacks/staticfile/index.html">Staticfile Buildpack</a>

To push an app with multiple processes using a Procfile:

1. Create a file named `Procfile` in the root of your app directory. For more information about Procfiles, see the
    <a href="https://v3-apidocs.cloudfoundry.org/index.html#procfiles">CAPI V3 documentation</a>.

2. Add each process and its start command to the Procfile. For example:

    ```
    web: bundle exec rackup config.ru -p $PORT
    worker: bundle exec rake worker:start
    ```

3. Push the app by running:

    ```
    cf push APP-NAME
    ```
    Where `APP-NAME` is the name of your app.

By default, the web process has a route and one instance. Other processes have zero instances by default.


## <a id='scale-a-process'></a> Scale a process

To scale an app process:

1. Run:

    ```
    cf scale APP-NAME --process PROCESS-NAME -i INSTANCE-COUNT
    ```

    Where:
    <ul>
      <li><code>APP-NAME</code> is the name of your app.</li>
      <li><code>PROCESS-NAME</code> is the name of the process you want to scale.</li>
      <li><code>INSTANCE-COUNT</code> is the number of instances to which you want to scale the process.</li>
    </ul>

## <a id='view-processes'></a> View processes

To view the processes running as part of an app:

1. Run:

    ```console
    cf app APP-NAME
    ```

    Where `APP-NAME` is the name of your app.

    The following example shows return output for an app that has a `web` and a `worker` process:
    <pre class="terminal">
    Showing health and status for app example-app in org test / space test as admin...

    name:              example-app
    requested state:   started
    routes:            example-app.cloudfoundry.example.com
    last uploaded:     Wed 17 Jul 22:57:04 UTC 2024
    stack:             cflinuxfs3
    buildpacks:
            name             version   detect output   buildpack name
            ruby_buildpack   1.8.57    ruby            ruby

    type:           web
    sidecars:
    instances:      1/1
    memory usage:   1024M
         state     since                  cpu    memory        disk           logging         cpu entitlement   details
    &#35;0   running   2024-07-17T22:57:22Z   0.3%   49.5M of 1G   130.2M of 1G   0B/s of 16K/s   2.4%

    type:           worker
    sidecars:
    instances:      2/2
    memory usage:   1024M
         state     since                  cpu    memory        disk           logging         cpu entitlement   details
    &#35;0   running   2024-07-17T22:57:22Z   0.3%   49.5M of 1G   130.2M of 1G   0B/s of 16K/s   2.4%
    &#35;0   running   2024-07-17T22:57:22Z   0.3%   49.5M of 1G   130.2M of 1G   0B/s of 16K/s   2.4%
    </pre>

    <p class="note important">
    <span class="note__title"><strong>Important</strong></span>
    To avoid security exposure, ensure that you migrated your apps and custom buildpacks to use the <code>cflinuxfs4</code> stack based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish). The <code>cflinuxfs3</code> stack is based on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver), which reaches end of standard support in April 2023. </p>