Planning deployment of administration components and runtimes

Plan the deployment of MobileFirst administration components and runtimes depending on the server topology that you use.

See Introduction to the MobileFirst Server components for an introduction to the administration components and runtimes.

You can use the following topologies of application servers:

Depending on the application server topology that you use, you can deploy either symmetrically or asymmetrically. In symmetrical deployment, you must install runtimes and administration components on the same application server. In asymmetric deployment, you can install the runtimes on different application servers from the administration components.

Modes of deployment

Two modes are available to deploy the MobileFirst administration components and the runtimes in the application server infrastructure.

  • Symmetric deployment: the MobileFirst administration components (MobileFirst Operations Console and administration service applications) are deployed in the same Java™ Virtual Machine (JVM) as the runtimes.
  • Asymmetric deployment: The administration components are deployed in a different JVM from the runtimes.

Asymmetric deployment is only supported for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment cell topology.

Parent topic: Planning the installation of MobileFirst Server