As described in the previous section, campaigns are deployed to the target server or servers specified in the ATG Outreach project workflow. ATG Outreach 9.3 includes two workflows, a single-target workflow that is typically used to deploy campaigns to a production site, and a dual-target workflow that can be used to deploy to both a staging site and a production site. The use of a staging site allows you to test campaigns in a non-live environment.
The process of creating a campaign that you intend to test on a staging server before deploying it to a production server is described in detail in the ATG Outreach Guide for Business Users. This section describes how to configure the ATG Outreach staging environment.
On the staging server, install the ATG Outreach Production/Staging module (including all required elements) as described in this guide.
Ensure you start the ATG Outreach server with the correct commands. Refer to Starting ATG Outreach for more information.
If necessary, configure the ATG Outreach campaign and campaign template workflows so they include both the staging server and the production server as targets. See the previous section, Adding Deployment Targets to Workflows, for information.
Add some test profiles to the external user profile repository on the staging server. In addition, make sure your test segments are available on the staging server. See Setting Up Test Profiles for more information.
Ensure data logging is set up correctly. See Setting Up Reporting in a Staging Environment.
