IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Authoring services in Integration Designer > Deploying modules to the test environment
Create servers for process applications
In IBM Integration Designer, you can create a new server to test your modules in a process application or toolkit. The server can run in either a ND (ND) or non-ND environment.
There are two types of servers that you can create in Integration Designer to work with process applications:
- IBM Process Center server
- IBM Process Server on Process Center
If you are developing a process application that resides in a Process Center, you generally run and test the process application on a Process Center server.
However, when you have finished developing and testing the application, you need to install the process application on a process server that resides outside the authoring environment of the Process Center. This external process server is called a Process Server on Process Center, which can be a staging server, test server, or production server environment.
Information about creating a Process Center server or a Process Server on Process Center is found in the following topics:
- Create an IBM Process Center server
An IBM Process Center server (also known as a playback server) is used to run process applications on an IBM Process Center. When you import a process application into IBM Integration Designer from the Process Center, a Process Center server is automatically created in the Servers view. For this reason, there is generally no need to manually create a Process Center server unless the existing server has been deleted.- Create an IBM Process Server on IBM Process Center
An IBM Process Server on IBM Process Center is used to run process applications on a Process Server that is connected to a Process Center. The server that is created can be a staging server, test server, or production server.- Connecting to a process server
If you have an IBM Process Center server in the Servers view of IBM Integration Designer, you can connect to a process server to quickly and easily create an IBM Process Server on Process Center in the Servers view. A Process Server on Process Center is used to run process applications on a Process Server that is connected to a Process Center.