Configure custom deployment environments

Use the Custom Deployment Topology Detail page to configure your custom deployment environment.

• Verify that deployment environments exist on this dmgr.

Navigate to the administrative console of a dmgr Servers > Deployment Environments > deployment_environment_name > Additional Properties > Custom Deployment Topology Detail.

When security and role-based authorization are enabled, you must be logged in as an administrator or a configurator to perform this task.

Restrictions:

• The configurations that exist on a system take precedence over the deployment environment configuration. Thus, exporting a custom deployment environment reflects the actual configuration of the servers involved in the deployment environment.

• You need to configure the messaging units before configuring the component units. If the check box is unavailable, then you have not yet configured messaging support.

For a custom deployment environment, you can decide how to configure each function according to your needs. Configure each function to either clusters or single servers. There are three major areas in configuring a custom deployment environment topology:

• Messaging, which supports component internal communication.
• Common Event Infrastructure, which unifies event and monitoring functionality.

• Application Support, which supports business integration service components such as business processes and human tasks.

For more information see "Overview of custom deployment environment layout configuration."

Procedure

1. In Select Clusters and Servers for use with this Deployment Environment, select a cluster or server from the list.

2. Click Add. The cluster or single server will be added to the table below.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have selected all the clusters and servers you need for this deployment environment.

4. Select the Messaging tab.
   1. Decide how many independent messaging units you need for your deployment environment and add that number by clicking Add New Unit.

      The system names each unit Messaging Unit x, where x is the number of the unit.

   2. Assign clusters and servers from the table created in step 2 to each unit.

      Select the cluster or server to add to the unit and then choose the unit from Add selected to unit.

   3. Decide which deployment target in each unit is to host local messaging support and configure the local messaging host by clicking Local Bus Member on the row that defines that deployment target in the unit.

      All other clusters or servers are automatically configured for remote messaging destinations.

5. Click the Common Events Infrastructure tab.
   1. Decide how many independent Common Events Infrastructure units you need for your deployment environment and add that number by clicking Add New Unit.

      The system names each unit Common Event Infrastructure Unit x, where x is the number of the unit.

   2. Assign clusters and servers from the table created in step 2 to each unit.

      Select the cluster or server to add to the unit and then choose the unit from Add selected to unit.

   3. Decide which deployment target in each unit is to host the Common Event Infrastructure server and configure the Common Event Infrastructure server host by clicking Server on the row that defines that deployment target in the unit.

      All other clusters or servers are automatically configured for remote Common Event Infrastructure destinations.

6. Click the Application Support tab. This tab shows all the components that can be configured for a given deployment target.

   Restriction: You must complete the messaging units for each component before you can configure the component in this section.

   For example, if the check box is unavailable for Service Component Architecture, then the associated messaging units have not been configured. See "Overview of custom deployment environment layout configuration" for additional restrictions.

   1. Decide how many independent Application Support units you need for your deployment environment and add that number by clicking Add New Unit.

      The number of units you need depends on how many Business Process Choreographer containers you need. If you do not need Business Process Choreographer containers a single unit will be sufficient for Service Component Architecture applications.

      The system names each unit Application Support Unit x, where x is the number of the unit.

   2. Assign clusters and servers from the table created in step 2 to each unit.

      Select the cluster or server to add to the unit and then choose the unit from Add selected to unit.

   3. In a unit, select what cluster or server belongs to each component for your deployment environment.
   4. Repeat steps 6.b and 6.c until you configure all the components in each unit you need for your deployment environment.

What to do next

After completing or making edits to an existing deployment environment, the Custom Deployment Environment Configuration wizard opens. You can review the information and make any necessary changes.

Related concepts:
Deployment environments
Deployment environment patterns
Custom deployment environment layout configuration