====== Deployment ====== [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go up to Terms and Definitions]] ===== Discussion ===== Deployment is the controlled process of placing, configuring, integrating, verifying, and making a system, service, software artifact, [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:m:machine_image|Machine Image]], or infrastructure capability available within a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:target_environment|Target Environment]]. The process may include resource creation, artifact transfer, installation, configuration, service activation, dependency resolution, verification, registration, and operational handover. Deployment differs from an [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:image_build|Image Build]]. An Image Build produces a Machine Image, while Deployment places or realizes an artifact or capability in a Target Environment. [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:infrastructure_deployment|Infrastructure Deployment]] is a specialized Deployment that realizes infrastructure resources from an Infrastructure Definition. ===== Definition ===== //controlled process of placing, configuring, integrating, verifying, and making a system, service, software artifact, machine image, or infrastructure capability available within a target environment// ===== Source ===== Generalized from software engineering, systems engineering, release management, platform engineering, and infrastructure automation usage and specialized for the Crucible architecture and operational model. ===== Note ===== Deployment does not necessarily imply release to production or approval for operational use. A Deployment may target development, test, staging, production, recovery, connected, disconnected, or air-gapped environments. A successful Deployment does not by itself establish compliance, accreditation, or [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:operational_approval|Operational Approval]]. ===== Example ===== Crucible uploads a verified Machine Image, creates the required infrastructure, configures [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:k::kubernetes]] services, verifies node status, and makes the resulting cluster available in the selected Target Environment. ---- © 2026 Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.