A Deployment diagram shows how and where the system is to be deployed; that is, its execution architecture. Hardware devices, processors and software execution environments (system Artifacts) are reflected as Nodes, and the internal construction can be depicted by embedding or nesting Nodes. As Artifacts are allocated to Nodes to model the system's deployment, the allocation is guided by the use of deployment specifications.

Example Diagram

An example Deployment diagram is shown below. The two Nodes have a TCP/IP communication path indicated. Deployment relationships indicate the deployment of Artifacts. Furthermore, a deployment spec defines the process of deployment for the networkScanner Artifact. The Manifestation relationships reveal the physical implementation of components ReposCustomer and ReposInternalRecords.

Toolbox Elements and Connectors

Select Deployment diagram elements and connectors from the Deployment pages of the Enterprise Architect UML Toolbox.