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title: Monitoring external multiclass deployments
description: How to configure the monitoring agent to monitor multiclass models deployed to external prediction environments.
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#  Monitor external multiclass deployments {: #monitor-external-multiclass-deployments }

Users with multiclass models deployed to external prediction environments can configure the monitoring agent to monitor their deployments. To do so, you must create a deployment in DataRobot with an [external model package](reg-create#register-external-model-packages) for the multiclass model.

When creating an external model package, you can indicate the prediction type for the model as multiclass:

![](images/multi-dep-8.png)

Once indicated, via direct text input or via upload of a CSV or TXT file, provide the target classes for your model (one class per line) in the **Target classes** field:

![](images/multi-dep-9.png)

Once all fields for the model package are defined, click **Create package**. The package populates in the **Model Registry** and is available for use.

When you have configured an external model package for your multiclass model, follow the workflow to [create a deployment](deploy-external-model#deploy-an-external-model-package) with the external model package and [configure it with the monitoring agent](monitoring-agent/index).
