diff --git a/sami/my-cdist/.cdist/type/_sample_bottle_hosting/parameter/required b/sami/my-cdist/.cdist/type/_sample_bottle_hosting/parameter/required
index e69de29..f57f16e 100644
--- a/sami/my-cdist/.cdist/type/_sample_bottle_hosting/parameter/required
+++ b/sami/my-cdist/.cdist/type/_sample_bottle_hosting/parameter/required
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# required parameter
+servername="$(cat "$__object/parameter/servername")"