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+#!/bin/bash
+yum update -y
+yum install cowsay java-1.8.0-openjdk* -y
+yum install httpd -y
+service httpd start
+chkconfig httpd on
+
+# next, add the extra disk space
+mkfs -t ext4 /dev/xvdf
+mkdir /space
+mount /dev/xvdf /space
+
+
+wget https://XXXXX.appspot.com/cacheavoid/hello.py -P /var/www/cgi-bin
+chmod +x /var/www/cgi-bin/hello.py