### Dynamic Provisioning (UC8)

In Cloud Computing, especially the PaaS and SaaS areas a typical use case would be that an application (or server) is deployed, configured and started dynamically. Typically things are controlled by some "active controller components", which are capable of

- creating new nodes (using IaaS services)

- deploying and starting the required runtime platform , e.g. as part of a PaaS solution.

- deploying and starting the application modules.

All these steps require some kind of configuration. As of today required files are often created on the target node before the systems are started, using proprietary formats and mechanism. Similarly accessing the configuration in place may require examining the file system or using again proprietary management functions. Of course, a configuration solution should not try to solve that, but it can provide a significant bunch of functionality useful in such scenarios:

- provide remote capabilities for configuration

- allow configuration to be updated remotely.

- allow client code to listen for configuration changes and react as needed.