In this guide we differentiate between the terms publish and deploy. Project bundles are published when the deployment activities are performed from the integrated development environment, which is Designer for Application Platform, to webMethods Integration Server or My webMethods Server. Project bundles are deployed when the deployment activities are performed outside of Designer. When Application Platform projects are deployed, project assets found in an asset build environment repository are deployed to Integration Server or My webMethods Server via webMethods Deployer.

When you publish project bundles in Designer, your bundles are published to a server, which is on the same physical machine. Each component that is involved in the publishing process requires a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The following diagram illustrates the work flow for publishing bundles to a dedicated server.

When you deploy project bundles using Asset Build Environment and Deployer, your bundles are published to a remote server, which is on a different physical machine. Each component that is involved in the deployment process also requires a JVM. The following diagram illustrates the work flow for deploying bundles using Deployer.