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Share Application Definitions and Service Templates

CA Server Automation enables you to share application definitions and service templates across instances of CA Server Automation.

To export application definitions or service templates:

1. Click Resources, and in the Explore tree, select Applications or Service Templates.
2. Select the applications or templates to export and click the Export icon.
3. Click Save, specify a file name and location for the export file, and click Save.

   CA Server Automation creates an XML file containing the application definitions or service templates.

To import application definitions or service templates:

1. Click Resources, and in the Explore tree, right-click Applications or Service Templates, and select Import.
2. Specify the XML file containing the application definitions or service templates and click Import.

   CA Server Automation creates the application definitions and service templates that the file specifies.

3. Add the appropriate executable files for new application definitions to your Staging directory.
4. Edit the application definitions and service templates as required to enable appropriate provisioning to your environment.

   The new application definitions and service templates are ready to use for service provisioning.