Multiprocessing in proxy minion not working as expected.

[Rajvi Dhimar]

Hi all,

In the junos proxy, we make a connection to the Juniper device and store that connection object in a dictionary. When we execute an execution module from the CLI, we call this connection object and use this connection to perform further actions. There are two cases:

1. With multiprocessing as 'True' in proxy config file. This is default, in this each command the minion receives a new process is spawned and the command is executed within that. In this case, the execution module doesn't work.
2. With multiprocessing as 'False', the new command is executed in a thread, instead of process. In this case it works.

Can someone explain the reason for this?

Thanks,

Rajvi Dhimar

Software Engineer 1

Juniper Networks