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 # RIC Auxiliary Functions
   
 Helm charts, configuration files, and automation scripts that deploy the auxiliary functions for RIC. The auxiliary
-functions are defined as the features and services that interact with the RIC but they do not collocated with the RIC
+functions are defined as the features and services that interact with the RIC but are not collocated with the RIC
 cluster. These functions includes but not limited to non-realtime management components (e.g., dashboard, DMaaP,
 VEScollector) that interact with RIC using A1/O1 interfaces. 
 
 
-
 ### Directory Structure
 .
 ├── 80-Auxiliary-Functions    Contains components that interact with RIC through A1/O1
 │   ├── bin                   Contains deployment and uninstall scripts
-│   ├── etc                   Contains deployment configuration files
 │   └── helm                  Contains helm charts
+├── 85-External Services      Deployment scripts and chart for external service used by RIC to reach services outside of cluster
 └── README.md                 This file
 
 
 ### To deploy the Auxiliary Functions
 ```sh
-$ # Modify the configuration files in ./80-Auxiliary-Functions/etc/
-$ . ./80-Auxiliary-Functions/bin/install
-$ # If you have an override value.yaml file, please use
-$ #. ./80-Auxiliary-Functions/bin/install YOUR_OVERRIDE_FILE
+$ # An override file must be used.
+$ # Modify the override file, for example ../RECIPE_EXAMPLE/RIC_AUX_RECIPE_EXAMPLE
+$ #. ./80-Auxiliary-Functions/bin/install -f YOUR_OVERRIDE_FILE
 ```
 
 
@@ -32,9 +30,24 @@ $ . ./80-Auxiliary-Functions/bin/uninstall
 
 
 ### Deployment Options
-You can configure the Helm release name, Kubernetes namespace using configuration files located in ./80-Auxiliary-Functions/etc/
+You can configure the Helm release name, Kubernetes namespaces using the override file with
+parameters global.releasePrefix and global.namespace
+
 
-In the one-click deployment solution, the above setting will be overrided by environment variables shown below.
-*RICAUX_RELEASE_NAME
-*RICAUX_NAMESPACE
+### To deploy the External services
+The IP address described below should be the interface IP address of the VM hosting the platform cluster.
+If the platform cluster is multi-node, any of the nodes can be specified here.
 
+```sh
+$ # An override file must be used.
+$ # Modify the override file, for example ../RECIPE_EXAMPLE/RIC_AUX_RECIPE_EXAMPLE
+$ # Set the values of extsvcaux/ricip and extsvcaux/auxip to be the external IP addresses of VM hosting RIC cluster and VM hosting AUX cluster, respectively.
+$ # These values should be set ih the override file.
+$ . ./85-Ext-Services/bin/install -f YOUR_OVERRIDE_FILE
+```
+
+
+### To undeploy the External services
+```sh
+$ . ./85-Ext-Services/bin/uninstall
+```
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