diff --git a/.cfignore b/.cfignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..124eb4d817a9fd4c0ab1a6821b94a1b62ef46d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cfignore
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+launchConfigurations/
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/launchConfigurations/dummy-service.launch b/launchConfigurations/dummy-service.launch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..615918c58b412e00e7cf0bb684d469cc808cc0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launchConfigurations/dummy-service.launch
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+{
+  "ServiceId": "com.ibm.cloudoe.orion.client.deploy",
+  "Params": {
+    "Target": {
+      "Url": "https://api.eu-gb.cf.cloud.ibm.com",
+      "Org": "organisation one",
+      "Space": "dev"
+    },
+    "Name": "dummy-service",
+    "Instrumentation": {
+      "domain": "eu-gb.mybluemix.net",
+      "instances": "1"
+    }
+  },
+  "Path": "manifest.yml",
+  "Type": "Cloud Foundry"
+}
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diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a34c1177dd9a7d620da4cb8f3a2ce53bd13ffd4
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+++ b/manifest.yml
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+applications:
+- name: dummy-service
+  path: target/dummy-service.jar
+  buildpack: java_buildpack
+  memory: 64M