diff --git a/xos/configurations/bash/copyin-vtn.sh b/xos/configurations/bash/copyin-vtn.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+export SETUPDIR=/root/setup
+
+# copy in file necessary to setup VTN
+
+cd ../cord
+CONTAINER=$( docker ps|grep "xos"|awk '{print $NF}' )
+make vtn_network_cfg_json
+docker cp $SETUPDIR/vtn-network-cfg.json $CONTAINER:/root/setup/
+docker cp ../common/id_rsa.pub $CONTAINER:/opt/xos/observers/onos/onos_key.pub
+docker cp ../common/id_rsa $CONTAINER:/opt/xos/observers/onos/onos_key