Place the startup script in the directory with the custom.properties file (by default <server-installation-dir>/tomcat/spotfire-bin/config/root/conf/).

The Spotfire Service for Python runs a .sh file format.

The script must have appropriate permissions before the Spotfire Service for Python executes it.

You can use the startup script to set environment variables, create directories, download files, or prepare the file system settings in other ways before the service starts. (For example, you can perform Docker commands in the script for your deployment area, or you can run another script. See Containerized Spotfire Service for Python for more information.)