Single-node Deployment
Development environment is the environment, where the developers develop APIs. It is typically individual developer's workstation. And hence it is single-node deployment.
API Gateway
single-node deployment consists of the following components:

Note: Cluster coordinator is skipped as it is not required for single node
deployment.
Single-node deployment is possible on virtual machines or containers.
- To deploy API Gateway on a virtual machine, you have to install API Gateway manually using Software AG installer.
- To deploy API Gateway in a container, you have to download docker
images from the Container Registry or build your own images. For more details,
see
Docker Configuration.
However, it is easy to run an instance in a container in comparison to a virtual machine.
For more information about how to set up an API Gateway instance, see Install API Gateway using Software AG Installer.