--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# NEPI, a framework to manage network experiments
+# Copyright (C) 2013 INRIA
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Author: Alina Quereilhac <alina.quereilhac@inria.fr>
+
+# Example of how to run this experiment (replace with your information):
+#
+# $ cd <path-to-nepi>
+# python examples/linux/hello_world.py -a <hostname> -u <username> -i <ssh-key>
+
+from nepi.execution.ec import ExperimentController
+
+from optparse import OptionParser, SUPPRESS_HELP
+import os
+
+usage = ("usage: %prog -a <hostanme> -u <username> -i <ssh-key>")
+
+parser = OptionParser(usage = usage)
+parser.add_option("-a", "--hostname", dest="hostname",
+ help="Remote host", type="str")
+parser.add_option("-u", "--username", dest="username",
+ help="Username to SSH to remote host", type="str")
+parser.add_option("-i", "--ssh-key", dest="ssh_key",
+ help="Path to private SSH key to be used for connection",
+ type="str")
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+hostname = options.hostname
+username = options.username
+ssh_key = options.ssh_key
+
+ec = ExperimentController(exp_id = "src-up-exp")
+
+node = ec.register_resource("LinuxNode")
+ec.set(node, "hostname", hostname)
+ec.set(node, "username", username)
+ec.set(node, "identity", ssh_key)
+ec.set(node, "cleanHome", True)
+ec.set(node, "cleanProcesses", True)
+
+path_to_sources = os.path.join(
+ os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
+ "hello.c")
+
+app = ec.register_resource("LinuxApplication")
+ec.set(app, "sources", path_to_sources)
+ec.set(app, "build", "gcc ${SRC}/hello.c -o ${BIN}/hello")
+ec.set(app, "command", "${BIN}/hello")
+ec.register_connection(node, app)
+
+ec.deploy()
+
+ec.wait_finished(app)
+
+print ec.trace(app, "stdout")
+
+ec.shutdown()
+