FIG. 3C is a block diagram representing an example alternative arrangement 390 of the virtual appliance of FIG. 3A operating the management endpoint, and the component server of FIG. 3A operating the management agent. In contrast to the example arrangement 380 of FIG. 3B, the example arrangement 390 of FIG. 3C implements the example repository 134 at a third party site 399 that is outside of the deployment environment 112. In the illustrated example of FIG. 3C, the repository 134 from which the management agent 350 retrieves instructions for execution is managed and/or operated by a third party organization (e.g., a professional service organization (PSO)) that manages and/or develops instructions (e.g., develops executable code, develops workflows, etc.). Such an approach enables an administrator of the deployment environment to easily work with third party software providers (e.g., consultants, PSOs, etc.) that create instructions (e.g., executable files) that may be customized for the deployment environment 112. In this manner, the administrator can simply direct the management endpoint 340 to cause the management agents 350 to retrieve the instructions from the repository 134 hosted at the third party site 399 by the third party organization, and execute those instructions. Such an approach alleviates storage needs within the deployment environment 112. Such an approach also facilitates more rapid development and deployment of instructions, as instructions need not first be populated into a repository within the deployment environment 112.
