diff --git a/xos/examples/apply_tosca.sh b/xos/examples/apply_tosca.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+PASSWORD=`cat /opt/credentials/xosadmin@opencord.org`
+curl -H "xos-username: xosadmin@opencord.org" -H "xos-password: $PASSWORD" -X POST --data-binary @exampleservice.yaml 127.0.0.1:9102/run
diff --git a/xos/examples/exampleservice.yaml b/xos/examples/exampleservice.yaml
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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_0
+
+imports:
+   - custom_types/exampleservice.yaml
+   - custom_types/exampleserviceinstance.yaml
+   - custom_types/color.yaml
+   - custom_types/embeddedimage.yaml
+
+description: add colors and images to exampleservice demo
+
+topology_template:
+  node_templates:
+    red:
+      type: tosca.nodes.Color
+      properties:
+        name: red
+        html_code: "#FF0000"
+
+    green:
+      type: tosca.nodes.Color
+      properties:
+        name: green
+        html_code: "#00FF00"
+
+    blue:
+      type: tosca.nodes.Color
+      properties:
+        name: blue
+        html_code: "#0000FF"
+
+    exampleservice:
+      type: tosca.nodes.ExampleService
+      properties:
+        name: exampleservice
+        must-exist: true
+
+    exampletenant1:
+      type: tosca.nodes.ExampleServiceInstance
+      properties:
+        name: exampletenant1
+        tenant_message: world
+      requirements:
+        - owner:
+            node: exampleservice
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+        - background_color:
+            node: red
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+        - foreground_color:
+            node: blue
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne
+
+    exampleimage:
+      type: tosca.nodes.EmbeddedImage
+      properties:
+        name: someimage
+        url: http://somesite.com/someimage.jpg
+      requirements:
+        - serviceinstance:
+            node: exampletenant1
+            relationship: tosca.relationships.BelongsToOne