diff --git a/xos/examples/make_resource.xossh b/xos/examples/make_resource.xossh
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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.
+
+# This file is intended to be pasted into an xossh session
+
+rd='apiVersion: v1\nkind: Pod\nmetadata:\n  name: nginx\nspec:\n  containers:\n  - name: nginx\n    image: nginx:1.7.9\n    ports:\n    - containerPort: 80\n'
+k8r = KubernetesResourceInstance(owner=KubernetesService.objects.first(), name="nginx", resource_definition=rd)
+k8r.save()