Learning about content distribution

About this topic

This topic provides background information about the content distribution process. The information helps you understand what happens during the content distribution event and interpret the feedback from the user interface.

Summary of the distribution process

When ContentDirector distributes content to the destination devices, core application reads the original files in the source locations and processes the data according to the specifications defined in the job. The core application creates an assignment consisting of the following:

The processed data
Information about the data processing and about the distribution event itself

The core application pushes the assignment to the transport group leaders on the destination devices, and the group leaders send the assignment to those transport group Members that are included in the destination group for the job.

The ContentDirector agents (on the transport group devices) use the information sent with the processed data to verify and unpack the data from the assignment to the correct locations. The processed data is converted back to its original form and files on the destination devices.