Abstract: Embodiments of the invention enable an application configured to store certain information (e.g., state information) locally to be deployed to a cloud computing environment in which local storage of such information is not permitted. For example, some embodiments create a “package” of resources that the application expects to be available to it during execution, and makes the package available to the application during execution in the cloud computing environment. The package may provide the application with resources it expects to have available during execution, such as the ability to store state information locally. As a result, the application need not be substantially modified to execute in the cloud computing environment.