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AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGerald Kaefer, Benjamin Kohler
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The disclosure relates to a method for operating an automation system and automation system operating according to the method, wherein an application to be executed on the automation system is available in an encapsulated form in a container. In the event that the application encapsulated in the container requires kernel mode software, a host extender executed on the automation system uses metadata included in the container to load the required kernel mode software from a database having kernel mode software and install the software locally on the automation system. In the event of an identified incompatibility on the automation system, the host extender installs a virtual machine, loads the container, which led to the incompatibility, onto the virtual machine and loads the kernel mode software required by the application contained by the container into the kernel of the virtual machine.
A method for operating an automation system, wherein an application that is to be run on the automation system is available in a form that is encapsulated in a container, the method comprising:
A computer program having program code, wherein, when the computer program is executed on an automation system, the computer program is configured to:
An automation system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.