Method for configuring an application (TAPP), wherein the application is introduced in a device (DEV) by means of a container (CTR), and the device is intended and suitable for executing the application (TAPP) as an edge device, the device has an access point (NAP) with a first address ("ens33"), and is linked to a communication network (T-NET) via said access point using the Time-Sensitive Networking standard in accordance with IEEE 802.1, and the container (CTR) has a container access point (CNAP) with a second address ("eth0", NAP-ID), wherein the device (DEV) has a container engine (CE), which provides information about the device-internal path from the network access point (NAP) to the container (CTR), and with respect to the container access point (CNAP) with the second address, the associated device access point (NAP) is determined with the first address ("ens33"), and with respect to the second address of the container access point (CNAP) and the first address of the associated device access point (NAP), a third address (IP address) managed object information (MNO) associated with the device access point (NAP) is determined on the basis of topology information about the communication network. is determined, of an industrial automation management entity (IAME) connected to the access point (NAP) of the device (DEV) via the communication network (T-NET), and the application (TAPP) is configured by means of the thus obtained address information, consisting of - the second address of the container access point (CNAP), - the first address of the access point of the device (NAP), and - the third address of the connected industrial automation management entity (IAME), for the access points by assignment of the second address ("eth0", NAP-ID) and is upgraded for the access to the communication network (T-NET) via the access point (NAP) of the device (DEV). wherein the application is introduced in a device (DEV) by means of a container (CTR), and the device is intended and suitable for executing the application (TAPP) as an edge device, the device has an access point (NAP) with a first address ("ens33"), and is linked to a communication network (T-NET) via said access point using the Time-Sensitive Networking standard in accordance with IEEE 802.1, and the container (CTR) has a container access point (CNAP) with a second address ("eth0", NAP-ID), wherein the device (DEV) has a container engine (CE), which provides information about the device-internal path from the network access point (NAP) to the container (CTR), and with respect to the container access point (CNAP) with the second address, the associated device access point (NAP) is determined with the first address ("ens33"), and with respect to the second address of the container access point (CNAP) and the first address of the associated device access point (NAP), a third address (IP address) managed object information (MNO) associated with the device access point (NAP) is determined on the basis of topology information about the communication network. is determined, of an industrial automation management entity (IAME) connected to the access point (NAP) of the device (DEV) via the communication network (T-NET), and the application (TAPP) is configured by means of the thus obtained address information, consisting of - the second address of the container access point (CNAP), - the first address of the access point of the device (NAP), and - the third address of the connected industrial automation management entity (IAME), - the second address of the container access point (CNAP), - the first address of the access point of the device (NAP), and - the third address of the connected industrial automation management entity (IAME), for the access points by assignment of the second address ("eth0", NAP-ID) and is upgraded for the access to the communication network (T-NET) via the access point (NAP) of the device (DEV). <EOS>