Distributions

A distribution defines a mapping of one or more composite elements to one or more logical nodes. A logical node is a heterogeneous group of composite elements that must be deployed to the same physical node.

Distributions allow you to specify constraints on how composite elements are deployed. For example, you can specify that all components are distributed to one node and all bindings to another node. Distributions are optional. A distribution is created and edited in the Distribution Editor and saved to a distribution file.

Once a distribution file has been created, you can generate a distributed application archive (DAA) from it.