Staging Server
Digest
A Staging Server is a web server used to test the various components of, or changes to a web site before propagating them to a production server.
Concept
More Insight into Staging Server(s)
In the CMS, a Staging Server would be represented as one of several destinations to which content can be published. In practice, after integrating a site and preparing it for launch, the user might first publish the site to a staging server in order to perform quality assurance review.
If the published site passes quality assurance review, it would next be published to a production server, otherwise it would then be reworked to correct any problems and republished to the staging server for more testing.
Technical
For more on testing content before publishing, and creating a staging server “destination,” please visit our Destination(s) page.