To copy the file to the instance, you could use cloud-init module write-files and include the base64-encoded rpm file. Put the cloud-init definition in a separate file and use Heat’s CloudConfig resource and the get_file function.

Or you create a repo on the controller or elsewhere that includes the rpm and use cloud-init to install the package from the repo.

To launch the executable, a shell script in a Heat SoftwareConfig resource does the trick.

You then need to put the CloudConfig and SoftwareConfig resources into a MultipartMime resource , which you reference in the user_data property of the server definition.

you can install rpm from controller to an instance using, including shell script within in the heat template like below mentioned.

   resources:
      the_server:
        type: OS::Nova::Server
        properties:
          # flavor, image etc
          user_data: |
            #!/bin/bash
            echo "Running boot script"
            # ..

For more information about this, refer this link https://docs.openstack.org/heat/lates...