Abstract text

The present invention relates to a method for automating the entire life cycle of a Software solution including construction, deployment, acceptance testing, reporting and maintenance the deployment of a software solution, comprising the step of:

• • construction of a software solution using a framework,
  • packaging said software solution as a software appliance or Virtual Software appliance,
  • auto-deployment on one or several nodes of said software solution, software appliance or Virtual appliance.

Another object of the invention relates to an application programming interface framework for a computer system remarkable in that it comprises at least a software development kit and a framework runtime environment.