Industrial automation service templates for provisioning of cloud services

A method for provisioning cloud templates, comprising:

• storing cloud templates in a template library according to hierarchical categories comprising at least an industry type and an industrial control project type;
• receiving, by a cloud template provisioning system that includes a processor, a query from a client device specifying one or more categories of the hierarchical categories;
• selecting a subset of the cloud templates that correspond to the one or more categories;
• rendering, on the client device, identification information for the subset of cloud templates;
• in response to receiving selection data from the client device indicating a selected cloud template of the subset of cloud templates, delivering the selected cloud template to a memory location associated with the client device;
• and
• configuring a portion of a cloud-based industrial application based on one or more configuration instructions generated by the selected cloud template based on configuration data provided to the cloud template via the client device.

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• categorizing a set of cloud templates in a template library according to hierarchical categories of a storage schema, wherein the hierarchical categories comprise at least an industry type and a control project type;
• receiving a query from a client device, wherein the query identifies one or more categories of the hierarchical categories;
• identifying a subset of cloud templates, stored in the template library, that relate to the one or more categories;
• displaying identification information identifying the subset of cloud templates;
• and
• based on receipt of selection data from the client device indicating a selected cloud template of the subset of cloud templates, sending the selected cloud template to a memory location associated with the client device,
• wherein the selected cloud template is configured to receive configuration data via the client device and generate a configuration instruction that facilitates configuration of a portion of a cloud-based industrial application.