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An all-in-one API Manager instance does not provide the deployment flexibility as that of a distributed API Manager. Therefore, deploying the API Manager to serve traffic from outside the network requires the use of a reverse proxy. The diagram below illustrates this deployment pattern.
For information on how to manually configure production servers, see Configuring a Single Node, Configuring an Active-Active Deployment and Configuring an Active-Passive Deployment.
For information on how to configure production servers using Puppet scripts, see Configuring Production Servers Using Puppet.