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Signed-off-by: Jan-Simon Moeller <jsmoeller@linuxfoundation.org>

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+# Overview
+
+You can develop Microservices on your native Linux machine quickly
+by following the workflow in this section.
+This workflow takes advantage of RPM or Debian packages,which are available
+through the
+[OpenSUSE Build Service (OBS)](https://build.opensuse.org/).
+You can install these
+[packages](https://build.opensuse.org/project/subprojects/isv:LinuxAutomotive)
+and bypass the
+[Yocto Project](https://yoctoproject.org) build cycles described in the
+"[Developing an AGL Image](../../getting_started/reference/getting-started/image-workflow-intro.html)" section.
+
+Using this workflow, you can start to code, execute, and debug Microservice
+bindings directly on your host.  This flow works for many cases for which
+no specific hardware is required, or when you can plug hardware directly
+into your native Linux host's USB port such as a Controller Area Network
+([CAN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus)) bus Adapter or a Media
+Oriented Systems Transport
+([MOST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOST_Bus)) Controller.
+
+The following figure and list overview the Microservice Native Development
+process.
+You can learn about the steps in the process by reading through the
+remaining sections.
+
+<center><img src="pictures/microservice-workflow-native.png"></center>
+
+1. **Verify Your Build Host:**
+   Make sure you have a native Linux host.
+   For the example used in this section (i.e. `helloworld-service`), be sure your
+   Linux distribution is a recent version of Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, or Fedora.
+
+2. **Download and Install AGL Packages:**
+   Download and install the
+   [near-zero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Install) packages
+   from the OBS.
+
+3. **Install the Binder Daemon:**
+   Install the Binder Daemon, which is a part of the
+   [AGL Application Framework (AFM)](../../apis_services/reference/af-main/0-introduction.html).
+   The daemon allows you to connect applications to required services.
+
+4. **Get Your Source Files:**
+   For this section, you clone the `helloworld-service` binding repository.
+   You also need to make sure you have some other required packages to build
+   that specific binding.
+
+5. **Build and Run Your Service Natively (Optional Tool Use):**
+   Build your binding on your Linux host using native tools.
+   Once the binding is built, you can run it to make sure it functions
+   as expected.
+
+   Optionally use extra tools once your binding is building and running
+   smoothly in the native environment.