System requirements

You require the following systems for implementation:

• Orchestrator

  The orchestrator handles all elements of a deployment pipeline, from initial branch merge to a production deployment. The orchestrator exposes the pipeline modeling experience to design pipelines, and resides on a Pega server for interaction with each of the candidate systems.

• Candidate environments

  Each Pega environment managed by Deployment Manager is known as a candidate system. Candidate systems execute most deployment tasks at the direction of the orchestrator.

• Development environment

  The development environment is where you generate application packages and perform merges. This may also be known as the System of Record (SoR) to highlight these responsibilities.

• Repositories

  Candidate systems use repositories to store application artifacts as you promote them between environments. The deployment process versions artifacts automatically, and a separate repository stores production-ready artifacts.

Rule Components

Deployment Manager is made up of two rule components:

• The PegaDeploymentManager application on the orchestrator environment includes all rules necessary for authoring and executing Deployment Manager pipelines. Users logging into the application will log into the Deployment Manager Studio.
• The PegaDevOpsFoundation application on each candidate environment facilitates deployments, and adds the merge wizard and App Studio integration.

To get started with Deployment Manager, see Installing or upgrading Deployment Manager 5.x.