Microservices for Continuous Deployment, Monitoring and Validation in Cyber-Physical Systems: An Industrial Case Study for Elevators Systems

  • Aitor Gartziandia
  • , Jon Ayerdi
  • , Aitor Arrieta
  • , Shaukat Ali
  • , Tao Yue
  • , Aitor Agirre
  • , Goiuria Sagardui
  • , Maite Arratibel

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Abstract

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) are systems that integrate digital cyber computations with physical processes. The software embedded in CPSs has a long life-cycle, requiring constant evolution to support new requirements, bug fixes, and deal with hardware obsolescence. To date, the development of software for CPSs is fragmented, which makes it extremely expensive. This could be substantially enhanced by tightly connecting the development and operation phases, as is done in other software engineering domains (e.g., web engineering through DevOps). Nevertheless, there are still complex issues that make it difficult to use DevOps techniques in the CPS domain, such as those related to hardware-software co-design. To pave the way towards DevOps in the CPS domain, in this paper we instantiate part of the reference architecture presented in the H2020 Adeptness project, which is based on microservices that allow for the continuous deployment, monitoring and validation of CPSs. To this end, we elaborate a systematic methodology that considers as input both domain expertise and a previously defined taxonomy for DevOps in the CPS domain. We obtain a generic microservice template that can be used in any kind of CPS. In addition, we instantiate this architecture in the context of an industrial case study from the elevation domain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture Companion, ICSA-C 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages46-53
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781665439107
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event18th IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture Companion, ICSA-C 2021 - Virtual, Stuttgart, Germany
Duration: 22 Mar 202126 Mar 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture Companion, ICSA-C 2021

Conference

Conference18th IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture Companion, ICSA-C 2021
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityVirtual, Stuttgart
Period22/03/2126/03/21

Keywords

  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • DevOps
  • Microservices

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