Is it possible to separate StackStorm components just like in the StackStorm flow diagram?

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The flow diagram I'm referring to is in the overview.
The question I have is whether or not the components (like the ones there), i.e., st2actionrunner, st2rulesengine, etc. can be separated just like in the overview.
For instance, have entirely separated VM's with purely the st2actionrunners that can receive messages that were queued up by other VM's that serve as sensors. To my understanding you can more or less map the overview elements to different components (Worksers<->st2actionrunners, Rules Engine <-> st2rulesengine). This may be a bit of an oversimplification and I would appreciate a bit of clarification if possible, thanks in advance!
Ultimately the question is if one can separate the components akin to how they're depicted in the diagram to have entirely different VM's/entities doing actions and the others serve purely as sensors and so on.

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Yes, they very much can be.

You can reference the st2-docker repo that deploy docker images on a per-binary basis (st2rulesengine runs in a separate container from st2actionrunners).

Link to Stackstorm Dockerhub

HTH