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@@ -4,22 +4,12 @@ Helm charts, deployment scripts and configuration files for RIC platform compone
 
 ### Directory Structure
 .
-├── 20-Credential        Helm charts to onboard credential and secrets for docker registry and helm repo
 ├── 50-RIC-Platform      Deployment scripts, charts and configuration files for RIC platform components
+│   ├── bin              Contains deployment and uninstall scripts
+│   └── helm             Contains helm charts
+├── 55-Ext-Services      Deployment scripts and chart for external service used by RIC to reach services outside of cluster
 └── README.md            This file
 
-### To onboard credentials
-```sh
-$ # Modify the user name and password in ./20-Credential/helm/values.yaml
-$ # Alternatively, include the credential information in an override value yaml file
-$ . ./20-Credential/bin/install
-$ # If you have an override value.yaml file, please use
-$ #. ./20-Credential/bin/install YOUR_OVERRIDE_FILE
-```
-
-### Credential Deployment Options
-You can configure the Helm release name, Kubernetes namespace using configuration files located in ./20-Credential/etc/
-Please make sure that the namespace is the same one as the one used for RIC platform components.
 
 In the one-click deployment solution, the above setting will be overrided by environment variables shown below.
 *RICPLT_RELEASE_NAME
@@ -28,20 +18,33 @@ In the one-click deployment solution, the above setting will be overrided by env
 
 ### To Deploy RIC Platform
 ```sh
-$ # Modify the configuration files in ./50-RIC-Platform/etc/
-$ . ./50-RIC-Platform/bin/install
-$ # If you have an override value.yaml file, please use
-$ #. ./50-RIC-Platform/bin/install YOUR_OVERRIDE_FILE
+$ # An override file must be used.
+$ # Modify the override file, for example ../RECIPE_EXAMPLE/RIC_PLATFORM_RECIPE_EXAMPLE
+$ #. ./50-RIC-Platform/bin/install -f YOUR_OVERRIDE_FILE
 ```
 
 ### RIC Platform Deployment Options
-You can configure the Helm release name, Kubernetes namespace using configuration files located in ./50-RIC-Platform/etc/
-Please make sure that the namespace is the same one as the one used for RIC platform components.
-
-In the one-click deployment solution, the above setting will be overrided by environment variables shown below.
-*RICPLT_RELEASE_NAME
-*RICPLT_NAMESPACE
+You can configure the Helm release name, Kubernetes namespaces using the override file with
+parameters global.releasePrefix and global.namespace
 
 ### To Undeploy RIC Platform
 ```sh
 $ . ./50-RIC-Platform/bin/uninstall
+```
+
+### To Deploy External services
+The IP address described below should be the interface IP address of the VM hosting the aux cluster.
+If the aux 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_PLATFORM_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 in the override file
+$ . ./55-Ext-Services/bin/install -f YOUR_OVERRIDE_FILE
+```
+
+### To Undeploy External services
+```sh
+$ . ./55-Ext-Services/bin/uninstall
+```
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