The following diagram shows just one of many types of distributed deployments that can be configured with My webMethods Server.

The preceding diagram assumes that there will be three server machines operating in a cluster, each with its own cluster roles. The machines defined in the web tier include a hardware-based load balancer and two web server machines. The following sections illustrate the process that an administrator would work through to build a cluster.

The procedure for configuring Apache in an external load-balanced web server cluster configuration with your deployment is explained in Using My webMethods Server with Web Servers.