To build composites for deployment, you must first install the webMethods Asset Build Environment. The Asset Build Environment installs the build script and build properties file that you use to build deployment composites for webMethods runtimes.

For testing purposes, you can install the Asset Build Environment on the computer that you use to create assets in the development environment. For daily or continuous builds, you should install the Asset Build Environment on a separate computer, known as a build machine. The build machine is the computer on which you build the assets into components that Deployer can deploy to target servers.

For information about installing the Asset Build Environment, see Installing Software AG Products.