Manually running a script on CPE devices

You can manually run an individual script or all scripts in a CPE template or on a CPE device. Scripts started in a CPE template are automatically run on all CPE devices that use this CPE template or on CPE devices with specific tags.

Manually running scripts in a CPE template

To manually run scripts in a CPE template:

  1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates section.

    A table of CPE templates is displayed.

  2. Click the CPE template in which you want to manually run scripts.

    The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE template.

  3. Select the Scripts tab.

    This displays the port number that VNFM uses to connect to the CPE device, the user name for running scripts, and the table of script if at least one script has been added.

  4. To manually run an individual script:
    1. Click Run next to the script that you want to run manually.
    2. This opens a window; in that window, select the CPE devices on which you want to run the script:
      • Run the script <script name> on all related CPEs runs the script on all CPE devices that use the CPE template. Default value.
      • Run <script name> on all related CPEs with specified tags runs the script on CPE devices that use the CPE template and have specific tags assigned. If you select this value, specify the tags in the lower part of the window.
  5. To manually run all scripts:
    1. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Run scripts.
    2. This opens a window; in that window, select the CPE devices on which you want to run the scripts:
      • Run all scripts on related CPEs to run the scripts on all CPE devices that use the CPE template. Default value.
      • Run all scripts on related CPEs with specified tags to run the scripts on CPE devices that use the CPE template and have specific tags assigned. If you select this value, specify the tags in the lower part of the window.
  6. Click Run.

The scripts are run.

Manually running scripts on a CPE device

To manually run scripts on a CPE device:

  1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE section.

    A table of CPE devices is displayed.

  2. Click the CPE device on which you want to manually run scripts.

    The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon expand_panel_up_icon_2. By default, the Configuration tab is selected, which displays general information about the CPE device. This tab also displays the table of Out-of-band management tasks being performed by the orchestrator.

  3. Select the Scripts tab.

    This displays the port number that VNFM uses to connect to the CPE device, the user name for running scripts, and the table of script if at least one script has been added.

  4. Manually run the scripts in one of the following ways:
    • If you want to manually run an individual script, click Run next to the relevant script.
    • If you want to manually run all scripts, in the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Run scripts.
  5. This opens a window; in that window, click Run.

The scripts are run.

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