manifest.html.md.erb

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title: Add a Manifest File
owner: Daniel Freitag
---

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It's tedious to keep having to specify the app name and other variables each time we push our app. That's where a `manifest.yml` file comes in handy. It holds all the configuration for our app so that Cloud Foundry will know what to do with it. Create a `manifest.yml` file in the root folder of your app and add the following content (don't forget to replace the "my-java-app" with your creative appname and hostname again):

```yaml
---
applications:
- name: my-java-app
  memory: 1G
  instances: 1
  buildpack: java_buildpack
  path: build/libs/cf-sample-app-java-1.0.0.jar

  routes:
  - route: my-random-hostname.scapp.io

  services:
  - my-redis-service
```

The file tells Cloud Foundry that this is an application with the name `my-java-app` and the specifications made above. This means that from now on, you'll be able to push your App with the simple command:

<pre class="terminal">
$ cf push
</pre>

You can define many more variables in a manifest file. To find more information about application manifests, go to the <a href="../devguide/deploy-apps/manifest.html" target="_blank">About Apps</a> part of this documentation.

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