Distributed Control System for Industrial Processes, A Method Therein, Computer Program and Computer Program Product

A computer program for a distributed control system the computer program comprising computer code which, when run on processing circuitry of a component, causes the component to:

• receive, from the runtime service (41, . . . , 4n), a unique identifier of a configuration item of the runtime service (41, . . . , 4n),
• obtain, based on the unique identifier, a corresponding service host address from a mapping table, by accessing the mapping table, in which a unique identifier of a configuration item of the runtime service (41, . . . , 4n) maps to a corresponding service host address, to obtain the service host address, and
• provide, to the runtime service, the service host address.

A computer program product comprising a computer program, and a computer readable storage medium on which the computer program is stored, the computer program causing the component to:

• receive, from the runtime service (41, . . . , 4n), a unique identifier of a configuration item of the runtime service (41, . . . , 4n),
• obtain, based on the unique identifier, a corresponding service host address from a mapping table, by accessing the mapping table, in which a unique identifier of a configuration item of the run time service (41, . . . , 4n), maps to a corresponding service host address, to obtain the service host address, and
• provide, to the runtime service, the service host address.