Responsibility assignment

The image below illustrates the responsibilities for the Blue Prism Cloud platform:

The following table details the responsibility assignment matrix covering the areas of responsibility for both Blue Prism Cloud and the customer :

Operation

Management Server

Web Server
(Supporting Hub and Interact)

Blue Prism Application Server

Database

Production Digital Workers

Development Digital Worker

Level 4 – Cloud Platform Software (Blue Prism products)

Customer UI login credentials

N/A

Functional application testing

N/A

Functional readiness testing

Collaboration

Collaboration

Collaboration

N/A

Collaboration

Collaboration

Maintain Blue Prism software

N/A

Log collection

N/A

Service start‑up

N/A

Service monitoring

N/A

Service recovery

Collaboration

Collaboration

Collaboration

N/A

Collaboration

Collaboration

Level 3 – Operating System

Operating system login

Collaboration

Collaboration

Collaboration

N/A

Collaboration

Collaboration

Operating system patching

or
or
or

N/A

or
or

Log collection

N/A

Maintain Cloud software

N/A

PowerShell CICD

N/A

Service start‑up

N/A

Service monitoring

N/A

Service recovery

N/A

Level 2 – Azure Infrastructure

Azure login

Log collection

Backup and recovery

Service monitoring

Notes:

  • For digital workers on Levels 3 and 4, if any investigation is needed from the customer application perspective, Blue Prism Cloud will liaise with the customer, as this is a shared responsibility.
  • For Level 5 and above, it is the responsibility of the customer to operate, maintain, and manage the infrastructure.

Operational definitions

Azure login

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Log into Azure service for operation and maintenance.

Backup and recovery

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Perform backup and recovery of platform state.

Customer UI login credentials

Product user interface (UI) login with customer's credentials for automation operation and maintenance.

Functional application testing

Functional application testing of platform software with customer's operational requirements and data through product UI login or operating system (OS) login.

Functional readiness testing

Functional readiness testing of platform configuration, software, and security configuration.

Log collection

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Collect any necessary logs for investigation.

Maintain software

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Maintain deployed software.

Operating system login

Guest operating system login for operation and maintenance. The customer is responsible for customer credentials, and Blue Prism Cloud is responsible for Blue Prism Cloud credentials.

Operating system patching

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Perform OS patching. Alternatively, the customer can elect to use their own tooling to maintain entire platform.

PowerShell CICD

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Delivery of platform CICD pipeline code.

Service monitoring

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Monitor running status and performance of all necessary services (including alert detection).

Service recovery

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Recover any necessary service from an unavailable state (including standard/ad hoc operation for any incidents or alerts).

Service start‑up

As a Blue Prism Cloud service: Confirm all necessary services are up and running (including after maintenance and upgrade).