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:
Single node deployment
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.