Install a Deployment Server

A Deployment Server allows you to distribute projects (and any subsequent updates) to the computers in your Plant SCADA system. It stores multiple "versions" of a project's runtime files, allowing you to deploy a specific version to any computer that has been configured as a deployment client.

A Deployment Server uses encrypted communications, which means it requires access to a System Management Server. Ideally the Deployment Server should be installed on the same computer as the System Management Server. See Set Up a System Management Server.

Note:
• If you install the Deployment Server on a different computer to the System Management Server, you cannot use the default local user groups assigned to the Deployment Security Roles as they will not work in a distributed environment. You need to create domain user groups that align with the existing local groups, and add these to the Deployment Security Roles. The domain groups can then be used instead of the following default local user groups.
Deployment Administrators role: 'SCADA.DeploymentAdmins' or 'Asb.Deployment.AdminRole'.
Deployment Uploaders role: 'SCADA.DeploymentUploaders' or 'Asb.Deployment.UploadRole'.
Deployment Users role: 'SCADA.DeploymentUsers' or 'Asb.Deployment.DeployRole'.
See Modify the Members of a Security Role.

• When installing a Deployment Server as part of a workgroup, it must be installed on the same computer as the System Management Server. If you need the Deployment Server on a separate computer to the System Management Server, you will need to move your IT infrastructure to a domain.

When using Industrial Graphics, a Deployment Server is required to deliver project versions to the Industrial Graphics Server.

Note: The deployment architecture installed with Plant SCADA 2023 (and later) is no longer compatible with deployment servers running an earlier version. This means:
• You cannot use Plant SCADA Studio to add projects to a deployment server that is running a different version of Plant SCADA.
• You cannot deploy a project from a deployment server to a deployment client if they are running different versions of Plant SCADA.
If you have a distributed system that includes some computers on an earlier version of Plant SCADA, you should retain your existing deployment server to distribute projects to these computers until the roll out of the new version is complete. You will also need to configure a new deployment server to deploy new projects to your upgraded computers.

See Also

Deployment Server Installation Requirements

Deployment Server Installation Procedure

Configure a Deployment Server

Configure a Deployment Client