A node selection method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request message, where the request message is used to request to provide an installation package of a product required by a user; searching, based on the product information in the request message, a node state table for a target node corresponding to the product information, where the node state table includes at least one correspondence; and sending the request message to the target node, so that the target node builds the corresponding product installation package for the product required by the user (203). The method can quickly find the target node that can provide a service, to complete job dispatching, and improve job dispatching efficiency.