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The purpose of the Start primitive is to start your VNF application.

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Config
!colspan="1" rowspan="2" | Required
|-
! style="text-align:left;" | Day 0
! Day 1
! Day 2
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | No
| style="text-align:center;" | Yes
| style="text-align:center;" | Yes
| style="text-align:center;" | No
|}

Example code:
<pre>
@when('actions.start')
def start_vnf():
    err = ''
    try:
        """
        Run the command(s) necessary to perform a safe start of your VNF
        This could be a single command that encapsulates your start process...
        Or a series of commands for each step, such as:
         - start your vnf
         - perform warm-up operatoins
         - accept live traffic
        """
        result, err = charms.sshproxy._run("/srv/myvnf/start.sh")
    except:
        action_fail('Start failed:' + err)
    else:
        action_set({'outout': result})
    finally:
        clear_flag('actions.start')
</pre>

For a full example of creating a VNF charm, please see [[Creating your own VNF charm (Release FOUR)]].