diff --git a/.ebextensions/00_nypl_provisioning.config b/.ebextensions/00_nypl_provisioning.config
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+files:
+  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/pre/07_nypl_provsion.sh":
+    mode: "000755"
+    owner: ec2-user
+    group: ec2-user
+    content: |
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+      . /opt/elasticbeanstalk/support/envvars
+           file=/var/tmp/provisioned
+      if [[ -a $file ]]; then
+        echo "installed"
+      else
+        curl https://nypl-provisioning.s3.amazonaws.com/provision-yumbased-linux_eb.sh | bash
+      fi
+    encoding: plain