A controller includes circuitry configured to: receive a creation instruction to create a target node; transmit identification information of the target node included in the creation instruction to a CookBook and receive target node configuration information including identification information and a scenario of a plurality of functional blocks (FBs) as a response based on the transmission; transmit an arrangement instruction to arrange the plurality of FBs in combination, including the identification information of the plurality of FBs included in target node configuration information, to a Repository that stores FBs or a Platform in which the target node is arranged; and transmit a setting instruction to set a scenario included in the target node configuration information to the plurality of FBs arranged based on the arrangement instruction.
