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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+#
+# This script posts descriptor data (NSD, VNFD, VLD) to the RESTConf server
+#
+# Provide the RESTConf hostname as the argument or default to localhost
+#
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
+ HOST=localhost
+else
+ HOST=$1
+fi
+
+echo "Posting descriptor data to $HOST"
+
+
+#for descriptor in nsd vnfd vld
+
+for descriptor in nsd vnfd
+do
+ echo "Assigning data to descriptor \"$descriptor\""
+
+ curl --user admin:admin \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.yang.data+json" \
+ -X POST \
+ -d @data/${descriptor}_catalog.json \
+ http://$HOST:8008/api/running/$descriptor-catalog/ -v
+
+done
+
+for rectype in ns
+do
+ echo "Assigning data to instance config \"$rectype\""
+
+ curl --user admin:admin \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.yang.data+json" \
+ -X POST \
+ -d @data/${rectype}-instance-config.json \
+ http://$HOST:8008/api/running/$rectype-instance-config/ -v
+
+done
+