diff --git a/src/mad/ruby/DriverExecHelper.rb b/src/mad/ruby/DriverExecHelper.rb
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+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright 2002-2011, OpenNebula Project Leads (OpenNebula.org)             #
+#                                                                            #
+# 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 module provides an abstraction to generate an execution context for
+# OpenNebula Drivers
+module DriverExecHelper
+    #Initialize module variables
+    def initialize_helper(directory, options)
+        @config = read_configuration
+        @remote_scripts_base_path = @config['SCRIPTS_REMOTE_DIR']
+
+        @local_actions = options[:local_actions]
+
+        if ENV['ONE_LOCATION'] == nil
+            @local_scripts_base_path = "/var/lib/one/remotes"
+        else
+            @local_scripts_base_path = "#{ENV['ONE_LOCATION']}/var/remotes"
+        end
+
+        # dummy paths
+        @remote_scripts_path = File.join(@remote_scripts_base_path, directory)
+        @local_scripts_path  = File.join(@local_scripts_base_path, directory)
+    end
+     
+    # Given the action name and the parameter returns full path of the script
+    # and appends its parameters. It uses @local_actions hash to know if the
+    # actions is remote or local. If the local actions has defined an special
+    # script name this is used, otherwise the action name in downcase is
+    # used as the script name.
+    #
+    # @param [String, Symbol] action name of the action
+    # @param [String] parameters arguments for the script
+    # @param [String, nil] default_name alternative name for the script
+    # @return [String] command line needed to execute the action
+    def action_command_line(action, parameters, default_name=nil)
+        if action_is_local? action
+            script_path=@local_scripts_path
+        else
+            script_path=@remote_scripts_path
+        end
+
+        File.join(script_path, action_script_name(action, default_name))+
+            " "+parameters
+    end
+
+    # True if the action is meant to be executed locally
+    #
+    # @param [String, Symbol] action name of the action
+    def action_is_local?(action)
+        @local_actions.include? action.to_s.upcase
+    end
+
+    # Name of the script file for the given action
+    #
+    # @param [String, Symbol] action name of the action
+    # @param [String, nil] default_name alternative name for the script
+    def action_script_name(action, default_name=nil)
+        name=@local_actions[action.to_s.upcase]
+
+        if name
+            name
+        else
+            default_name || action.to_s.downcase
+        end
+    end
+
+	def get_info_from_execution(command_exe)
+        if command_exe.code == 0
+            result = RESULT[:success]
+            info   = command_exe.stdout
+        else
+            result = RESULT[:failure]
+            info   = command_exe.get_error_message
+        end
+
+        info = "-" if info == nil || info.empty?
+
+        [result, info]
+	end
+    
+    # Simple parser for the config file generated by OpenNebula 
+    def read_configuration
+        one_config=nil
+
+        if ENV['ONE_LOCATION']
+            one_config=ENV['ONE_LOCATION']+'/var/config'
+        else
+            one_config='/var/lib/one/config'
+        end
+
+        config=Hash.new
+        cfg=''
+
+        begin
+            open(one_config) do |file|
+                cfg=file.read
+            end
+
+            cfg.split(/\n/).each do |line|
+                m=line.match(/^([^=]+)=(.*)$/)
+
+                if m
+                    name=m[1].strip.upcase
+                    value=m[2].strip
+                    config[name]=value
+                end
+            end
+        rescue Exception => e
+            STDERR.puts "Error reading config: #{e.inspect}"
+            STDERR.flush
+        end
+
+        config
+    end
+end
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diff --git a/src/mad/ruby/StreamDriver.rb b/src/mad/ruby/StreamDriver.rb
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+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright 2002-2011, OpenNebula Project Leads (OpenNebula.org)             #
+#                                                                            #
+# 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 module provides an abstraction to generate an execution context for
+# OpenNebula Drivers
+
+class VirtualNetworkDriver
+	include DriverExecHelper
+
+	def initialize(directory, options={})
+
+		@options    = options
+	    @ssh_stream = options[:ssh_stream]
+
+
+		initialize_helper("vnet/#{directory}", options)
+	end
+
+	def do_action(parameters, aname)
+		vm_encoded = Base64.encode64(message.elements['VM'].to_s).delete("\n")
+
+		command = action_command_line(aname, @vm_encoded, options[:script_name])
+
+        if action_is_local? aname
+            execution = LocalCommand.run(command, log_method(id))
+        else
+            execution = @ssh_stream.run(command)
+        end
+
+        result, info = get_info_from_execution(command_exe)
+	end	
+end