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.
webMethods 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 webMethods 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.
- To deploy webMethods API Gateway on a virtual machine, you have to install webMethods API Gateway manually using IBM installer.
- To deploy webMethods 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 webMethods API Gateway instance, see Deployment.