diff --git a/utils/ci/check_manual_usage_example.sh b/utils/ci/check_manual_usage_example.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+export DOCKER_HOST="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+W() {
+    # Wait until a line appears in the screen session
+    local T=${2:-10s}
+    timeout -k 3s ${T} grep -q "^${1}" <(tail -f screenlog.0)
+}
+
+Cmd() {
+    # Send a command to the screen session, aka into the containernet prompt
+    screen -S sonemu -X stuff "${1}^M"
+}
+
+
+if ! screen --version | grep 'Screen version'; then
+    # Install screen and do an initial cleanup
+    sudo apt-get update -qq -y
+    sudo apt-get install -y screen
+    screen --version | grep 'Screen version'
+fi
+# Initial cleanup
+pkill 'screen' || true
+screen -wipe || true
+rm -f screenlog.0
+
+
+# Start containernet with a topology
+screen -L -S sonemu -d -m python src/emuvim/examples/simple_topology.py
+# Setup screen for immediate flusing
+screen -S sonemu -X logfile flush 0
+# Wait for the cli to start
+W '*** Starting CLI:'
+# Print nodes
+Cmd 'nodes'
+# Start vnf1
+son-emu-cli compute start -d datacenter1 -n vnf1 && sleep 1s
+# Start vnf2
+son-emu-cli compute start -d datacenter1 -n vnf2 && sleep 1s
+# List compute nodes
+son-emu-cli compute list && sleep 1s
+# Gather some infos
+Cmd 'sh echo "... starting various checks"'
+Cmd 'vnf1 ifconfig && echo "... checked vnf1"'
+W "... checked vnf1"
+Cmd 'vnf2 ifconfig && echo "... checked vnf2"'
+W "... checked vnf2"
+# Try to ping vnfs
+Cmd 'vnf1 ping -c 2 vnf2 || echo "... checked ping"'
+W "... checked ping" 20s
+Cmd 'quit'
+# Wait for sonemu to end
+W '*** Done'
+
+echo -e '\n\n************i****** Result ******************\n\n'
+strings screenlog.0
+echo -e '\n\n*********************************************\n\n'
+
+
+# Check the ping result
+if grep ', 2 received' screenlog.0; then
+    echo 'No problems detected'
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo 'Ping is broken !'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f screenlog.0