Disclosed is a computer implemented method for automatically connecting multiple components of a microservice architecture, comprising receiving a definition of a primary resource to be provided by a provider; determining a dependent resource of the primary resource based on the definition of the primary resource; requesting the primary resource to determine one or more shapes of the primary resource, wherein a shape is information about the primary resource that is necessary for the dependent resource to depend on the primary resource; receiving the one or more shapes of the primary resource; providing the one or more shapes of the primary resource to the dependent resource; and determining a provisioning object based on the one or more shapes of the primary resource, wherein, in use, the provisioning object can be used by a provisioning controller to provision the resource by the provider.