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The intersection of an Environment and Target Group is known as a Target or Environment-Instance . A target is the installation of a technology in a specific environment. You will configure each Target with properties and endpoints, which allows FlexDeploy to communicate with that specific installation to perform necessary actions. Build and Deploy actions are invoked in the context of a specific Target. For example, you may be deploying an EAR to the DEV environment of the WLS1 Target Group.
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