Workflow of Developer Cockpit¶

The following schema describes the communication between the developer and the operator using Developer Cockpit and Operator Cockpit.

① Add application | Add roles and scopes and register application:

• Use Developer Cockpit to add a new application.
  
• Add roles and scopes for the added application.
  
• Use Developer Cockpit for application registration.

② Upload application:

• Upload meta data. Example - the manifest file.
  
• Enter service names.
  
• Upload zip-file with application binaries.

③ Hand over application to Operator Cockpit:

• Assign the successfully uploaded application data to a known operator.
  
• Operator accepts the assignment in Operator Cockpit.

④ Accept handover:

• After acceptance is received from the operator, the developer grants the application to an operator.
• Cloud Foundry application is then deployable for an operator inside Operator Cockpit.

⑤ Deployment in productive system:

• In Operator Cockpit, the operator deploys Cloud Foundry application to the productive system.
• Operator can publish this application to Industrial IoT Store, or provision application to known customers.

⑥ Provisioning to Customer:

• In Operator Cockpit, the operator provisions the application to the known customers.
• If the operator has published an application to Industrial IoT Store, a subscription notification to provision to a new customer is received.