This command provides the ability for an end-user to add a process. The process can be a C executable compiled using the C-based SDK or a Python module. It will be uploaded by the user to /usr/local/cfg via the normal mechanisms (i.e. TFTP).
| process | ExtremeXOS user process |
| name | Name of the user process |
| executable | Executable |
| exe | Name of the executable relative to /usr/local/cfg |
| start | Startup behavior |
| auto | Create a daemon process and start it immediately |
| on-demand | Create a run-to-completion process and use \"start process\ |
| vr | Virtual router in which to start the process |
| vr-name | Virtual router name (Default is VR-Mgmt) |
| description | Description |
| arg1-9 | Variable value |
On-demand.
This command is the detailed form of the create process command. Fields are provided by the user and passed directly into an epmrc entry. Not all epmrc fields are available.
create process foo_userd executable foobard start auto vr VR-Default description “Run foobard on the default VR” “arg1” “arg2 with spaces”
Error: Process name %s is invalid. Process names must begin with a letter, contain only alphanumeric and “_” characters, and be less than 32 characters long.
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 15.7.
This command is available on all platforms.
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