This tutorial is intended to convey basic concepts and process steps for setting up a data acquisition platform with Lobster Data Platform / Orchestration. This is set against the background of the example scenario outlined in a separate section below.

• The structure of the solution is explained step-by-step with a sequence of extension stages. The steps should be executed in the given order, as they partially build on each other.

• The description assumes that you start with an 'empty' system in which no configuration or other adjustments have been made after installation.

• Starting from this 'ground zero' situation for an implementation, all points still have to be set and decisions must be made, which initially require a 'Super user' perspective.

CAUTION The steps of the tutorial are only partially compatible with a working environment with existing configurations and in which other users are operating at the same time. In practice, a solution designed with Lobster Data Platform / Orchestration always aims to ensure that many users with different tasks and perspectives are able to collaborate efficiently while being effectively isolated from each other, when necessary. However, this does not apply in the context of the tutorial, in which the user configuring the system must first establish the corresponding organizational principles.

Therefore, make sure that you can work through this tutorial in a system environment that is as close as possible to a 'greenfield' implementation and in which you are the only player!

If these requirements cannot be met, we still recommend to at least read through the tutorial in order to get to know the presented concepts in a compact form. The content may inspire you to conduct your own experiments in an available test environment.