About this task

You can change the participation preference to CEIP from the command line using the vla_user_property command.

Procedure

  1. Go to the VLA console window using appropriate credentials
  2. Execute the sudo command to get administrative access. This is needed to be able to execute the subsequent steps. You are prompted for the password. Enter the console user password that you provided when deploying the VLA
    sudo -s
  3. Explore the help available for the vla_user_property command that you use to change your CEIP participation preference, as depicted in the following figure:
    Figure 1. VLA Console Login




  4. Use the vla_user_property command with -g (get) option to get your current participation preference to CEIP. Use the -s (set) option to change your participation preference to CEIP as shown in the following figure:
    Figure 2. Changing the CEIP Participation Preference




    Note:
    • An output of 1 for the vla_user_property command with -g (get) option indicates that the current participation preference to CEIP is Join.

    • An output of 0 for the vla_user_property command with -g (get) option indicated that the current participation preference to CEIP is Leave.

    • Use the -l (list) option to list out all available VLA properties and attributes

Results

You are able to successfully change your participation preference to CEIP from the command line.