Different Unwired Platform environments are designed to support different life cycle stages and whether you are hosting that environment specifically for your enterprise or to host multiple tenants.
| Environment | Purpose | Supports multi-node clusters? | Supports multiple tenants? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-node | To install a trial version of Unwired Platform To install all components on a single machine as part of a personal development license. |
No, only a single-node installation. | Yes |
| Shared development | To support multiple developers with multiple developing tooling installations on individual computers but share runtime component on the network (that is, servers and runtime databases). | Yes, though typically not needed | Yes, though typically not needed |
| Fault-tolerant production or pre-production (test) systems | To create a system based on real requirements of an organization and its users. | Yes | Yes |