diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/exec/one_vmm_exec.rb b/src/vmm_mad/exec/one_vmm_exec.rb
index 6f260efad0..25ec7fe433 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/exec/one_vmm_exec.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/exec/one_vmm_exec.rb
@@ -221,8 +221,12 @@ class VmmAction
                     vnm = @vnm_src
                 end
 
-                result, info = vnm.do_action(@id, step[:action],
-                            :parameters => get_parameters(step[:parameters]))
+                params = get_parameters(step[:parameters])
+
+                result, info = vnm.do_action(@id,
+                                             step[:action],
+                                             :stdin => true,
+                                             :parameters => params)
             when :tm
                 result, info = @tm.do_transfer_action(@id, step[:parameters])
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/one_vnm.rb b/src/vnm_mad/one_vnm.rb
index e7789fb4f2..3c5a8c8d5c 100644
--- a/src/vnm_mad/one_vnm.rb
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/one_vnm.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class VirtualNetworkDriver
             :parameters => nil
         }.merge(ops)
 
-        cmd_params =  "#{@vm_encoded}"
+        cmd_params =  ''
         cmd_params << " #{options[:parameters]}" if options[:parameters]
 
         result = RESULT[:success]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class VirtualNetworkDriver
             elsif @ssh_stream != nil
                 if options[:stdin]
                     cmdin = "cat << EOT | #{cmd}"
-                    stdin = "#{options[:stdin]}\nEOT\n"
+                    stdin = "#{@vm_encoded}\nEOT\n"
                 else
                     cmdin = cmd
                     stdin = nil
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/clean b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/clean
index be6c1c80cb..42a02de43f 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/clean
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/clean
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vlan_tag_driver'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
+template64   = STDIN.read
 deploy_id    = nil
 xpath_filter = VLANTagDriver::XPATH_FILTER
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/post b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/post
index 232c9126af..2f75209331 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/post
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/post
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vlan_tag_driver'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = VLANTagDriver::XPATH_FILTER
 
 begin
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/pre b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/pre
index 672d830f5e..d15f89ffbc 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/pre
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/pre
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vlan_tag_driver'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = VLANTagDriver::XPATH_FILTER
 
 hm = VLANTagDriver.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/update_sg b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/update_sg
index 3101e95eae..2fca83acae 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/update_sg
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/802.1Q/update_sg
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 require 'vnmmad'
 require 'vlan_tag_driver'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = VLANTagDriver::XPATH_FILTER
 
 begin
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/bridge/clean b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/bridge/clean
index 45aaba232d..aef983e8cd 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/bridge/clean
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/bridge/clean
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vnmmad'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
+template64   = STDIN.read
 deploy_id    = nil
 xpath_filter = "TEMPLATE/NIC[VN_MAD='bridge']"
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/bridge/pre b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/bridge/pre
index b1c511c1ce..54ea3e4363 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/bridge/pre
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/bridge/pre
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.                                             #
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
-$: << File.dirname(__FILE__)
-$: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
+$LOAD_PATH << File.dirname(__FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..')
 
 require 'vnmmad'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = "TEMPLATE/NIC[VN_MAD='bridge']"
 
 hm = VNMMAD::NoVLANDriver.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/clean b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/clean
index f1cfb0402b..02e5073188 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/clean
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/clean
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'Ebtables'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
+template64   = STDIN.read
 deploy_id    = nil
 xpath_filter = EbtablesVLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/post b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/post
index b111949ee1..8150265040 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/post
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/post
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'Ebtables'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = EbtablesVLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
 onevlan = EbtablesVLAN.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/pre b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/pre
index 2e69a98479..b65174c384 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/pre
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/pre
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'Ebtables'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = EbtablesVLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
 onevlan = EbtablesVLAN.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/update_sg b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/update_sg
index 4bf2061148..eef45aaeff 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/update_sg
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ebtables/update_sg
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 require 'vnmmad'
 require 'Ebtables'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = EbtablesVLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
 begin
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/clean b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/clean
index 8edb14275c..41386415cf 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/clean
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/clean
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vnmmad'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
+template64   = STDIN.read
 deploy_id    = nil
 xpath_filter = "TEMPLATE/NIC[VN_MAD='fw']"
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/post b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/post
index 2b2c1144e4..726f1ab7ef 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/post
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/post
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vnmmad'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = "TEMPLATE/NIC[VN_MAD='fw']"
 
 begin
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/pre b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/pre
index 708c2ca168..58a65999d7 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/pre
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/pre
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vnmmad'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = "TEMPLATE/NIC[VN_MAD='fw']"
 
 hm = VNMMAD::NoVLANDriver.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/update_sg b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/update_sg
index 7676b4f015..4277d619fd 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/update_sg
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/fw/update_sg
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vnmmad'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = "TEMPLATE/NIC[VN_MAD='fw']"
 
 begin
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/clean b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/clean
index a7194870d5..dc35a3f6ac 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/clean
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/clean
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'OpenvSwitch'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
+template64   = STDIN.read
 deploy_id    = nil
 xpath_filter = OpenvSwitchVLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/post b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/post
index b7f89b086b..a78b6953c2 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/post
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/post
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'OpenvSwitch'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = OpenvSwitchVLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
 ovs = OpenvSwitchVLAN.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/pre b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/pre
index 854556373b..fcb00cf73c 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/pre
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch/pre
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'OpenvSwitch'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = OpenvSwitchVLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
 ovs = OpenvSwitchVLAN.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/clean b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/clean
index 6c0634472d..d805a239c5 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/clean
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/clean
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'OpenvSwitchVXLAN'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
+template64   = STDIN.read
 deploy_id    = nil
 xpath_filter = OpenvSwitchVXLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/post b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/post
index 99b0c06f46..6f5748590b 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/post
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/post
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'OpenvSwitchVXLAN'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = OpenvSwitchVXLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
 ovs = OpenvSwitchVXLAN.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/pre b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/pre
index ef02a8a73a..b5a22c5cf4 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/pre
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/ovswitch_vxlan/pre
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'OpenvSwitchVXLAN'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = OpenvSwitchVXLAN::XPATH_FILTER
 
 ovs = OpenvSwitchVXLAN.from_base64(template64, xpath_filter, deploy_id)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/clean b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/clean
index 7f69550471..2444a9719e 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/clean
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/clean
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vxlan_driver'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
+template64   = STDIN.read
 deploy_id    = nil
 xpath_filter = VXLANDriver::XPATH_FILTER
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/post b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/post
index 8938445110..487b76082a 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/post
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/post
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vxlan_driver'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = VXLANDriver::XPATH_FILTER
 
 begin
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/pre b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/pre
index aaf3e07ed9..2de93fb998 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/pre
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/pre
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 
 require 'vxlan_driver'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = VXLANDriver::XPATH_FILTER
 
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/update_sg b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/update_sg
index 51c228be4a..f4d786456d 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/update_sg
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/vxlan/update_sg
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ $: << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
 require 'vnmmad'
 require 'vxlan_driver'
 
-template64   = ARGV[0]
-deploy_id    = ARGV[1]
+template64   = STDIN.read
+deploy_id    = ARGV[0]
 xpath_filter = VXLANDriver::XPATH_FILTER
 
 begin