[Home](./index.md) > [ibm-cloud-sdk-core](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.md) > [BaseService](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.baseservice.md) > [configureService](./ibm-cloud-sdk-core.baseservice.configureservice.md) ## BaseService.configureService() method Configure the service using external configuration **Signature:** ```typescript protected configureService(serviceName: string): void; ``` ## Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
serviceName	string	the name of the service. This will be used to read from external configuration.

**Returns:** void