Deployment   A deployment is a type of dependency. It is a directed relationship between one or more deployed artifacts and a deployment target. The deployment target is the location where the artifact is deployed and can be a device, execution environment or a property. The deployment can be used to describe the relationship at a type or instance level. A component deployment is a specialized form of deployment that can have one or more deployment specifications that govern the way the artifact is deployed.

Explanation

An artifact must be placed on a deployment target before it can carry out the work it was built for. A deployment is a way of describing the relationship between one or more artifacts and the location where they will be run. A deployment target is typically a node, device, or execution environment. This concept occurs in our daily lives when we purchase a piece of software and install it on a computer. The software is the deployed artifact and the computer is the deployment target.

Related Entries

Artifact (Icon Presentation)  Used Together An artifact is related to a deployment as it is the location of one or more deployed artifacts that the deployment describes.

Artifact Instance  Used Together An artifact instance is related to a deployment as it is the location of one or more deployed artifact instances that the deployment describes. An artifact instance is typically deployed to an instance of a deployment target such as a node instance.

Deployment Specification  Used Together A deployment specification is related to a deployment as it is used to add information about how an artifact will execute on the deployment target. The form of the deployment that can be parameterized with a deployment specification is called a component deployment and is a specialized form of deployment.