Tags for automatic cloud resource provisioning

A system comprising:

• a tag repository configured to store a metadata tag for a technical component instantiated in a virtual hosting platform for an organizational unit;
• and
• a central resource controller for provisioning the technical component, the central resource controller comprising:
• communication circuitry operable to establish a data connection with the virtual hosting platform, a remote operator authorized by the organizational unit, and the tag repository;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• provide, via the communication circuitry, a user interface to the remote operator for entering the metadata tag for the technical component by the remote operator, for detecting an input of a predefined symbol by the user interface, and for generating at the user interface upon detecting the predefined symbol a menu containing data items as options selectable by the remote operator to include in the metadata tag being entered;
• provide the selectable data items to the menu at the user interface in response to the predefined symbol being detected by the user interface;
• accept the entered metadata tag for the technical component from the user interface;
• and
• send the metadata tag to the tag repository for storage.