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If you plan to use a script that downloads software from an external Web site, verify that the virtual
machine you use for deploying the application has access to an external network.
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Verify that properties are defined for the external service version. See Application Services. See
Create an External Service in the Library.
Procedure
1 Open an existing service version and click Create Provider Spec Version.
2 Type the provider specification name and select Create Version.
3 Specify major, minor, or micro release versions, with or without qualifiers.
The provider specification name stays the same.
4 (Optional) In the Description section, if you are creating a provider specification for a specific
configuration, describe the configuration used and applicable requirements.
5 In the Logical Templates section, if you set the supported OSes to Windows or Linux-based operating
systems, the corresponding logical templates are available in the drop-down menu.
6 Add applicable properties.
7 From the drop-down menu, select a script type for your action script.
You can author in Bash or BeanShell script for Linux-based applications, or Windows CMD,
PowerShell, or BeanShell script for Windows-based applications.
8 In the Script column, click the hyperlink to open the Edit Script dialog box.
You can write the script or copy a script into the dialog box.
An application catalog administrator can parameterize the installation and configuration of services.
The properties that are defined for a service can be used inside the script.
9 Click the down arrow in the script type field to select an action script type for a life cycle stage.
10 To insert the properties you defined, click the down arrow in the Select a property to insert list.
11 (Optional)
Select the Reboot check box to restart the virtual machine after the script runs successfully, during
an application deployment.
12 Click OK.
13 In the Reboot column, select the check box so that the agent bootstrap can restart the virtual machine
after an action script runs successfully.
After the virtual machine is restarted, the agent proceeds to the next life cycle stage script defined in
the service version.
14 Click Reset to clear the script.
This operation does not remove the row for the life cycle stage.
15 When you are finished creating the provider specification version, click Save.
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