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Integration deployment
Learn about server groups, servers, packages and deployment procedures as well as configuration variables.
Servers
Server definitions specify the location and access method for instances of Link runtime. Packages can be deployed to the instances of the Link runtime by specifying which server definition to deploy.

Integration deployment
Learn about server groups, servers, packages and deployment procedures as well as configuration variables.
- Server groups
  Server groups define collections of servers for which different values of configuration variables might be desired.
- Servers
  Server definitions specify the location and access method for instances of Link runtime. Packages can be deployed to the instances of the Link runtime by specifying which server definition to deploy.
- Packages
  A package defines a set of maps and flows to be collectively built and deployed to a server.
- Deployment
  Deploying a package copies it to one or more Link runtime environments. Any maps within the package are compiled during the deployment process
- Configuration variables
  A configuration variable defines an alias that resolves at run time to a value that is specific to a deployment environment. A deployment environment is represented by a server group. By associating the values of a configuration variable with different server groups, you can run the same map or flow in different environments, servers, and platforms without changing the map or flow.

Servers

Server definitions specify the location and access method for instances of Link runtime. Packages can be deployed to the instances of the Link runtime by specifying which server definition to deploy.

Servers are of these types:

Local - The runtime is installed on the same server as the Link design environment so files can be simply copied to the runtime.
Web - The server is the Link runtime which can be accessed by use of the REST APIs.
Execution - The server is not running the Link runtime. Files are copied by use of FPT or SFTP.

Depending upon the type of server, different connection parameters are required. For a web server, the Base URL is required. This should have the form: http://<server>/hip-rest.

For an execution server, the appropriate FTP or SFTP parameters need to be specified.

A server can optionally be defined to belong to a server group. This allows for different values of configuration variables to be specified for each group.