+"""
+ For now only a dummy client. Connects to the zerorpc interface of the
+ emulator and performs some actions (start/stop/list).
+"""
+import time
+import zerorpc
+
+
+def main():
+ print "Example CLI client"
+ # create connection to remote Mininet instance
+ c = zerorpc.Client()
+ c.connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:4242")
+
+ # do some API tests
+ print c.compute_action_start("dc2", "my_new_container1")
+
+ time.sleep(5)
+
+ print c.compute_action_stop("dc2", "my_new_container1")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()