diff --git a/LANforge/JsonUtils.pm b/LANforge/JsonUtils.pm
index a608faa3..400b912b 100644
--- a/LANforge/JsonUtils.pm
+++ b/LANforge/JsonUtils.pm
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ sub json_post {
    $req->header('Accept' => 'application/json');
    $req->header('Content-Type' => 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');
    $req->content(encode_json($rh_data));
+   #print "json_post: ".Dumper($rh_data);
    #print Dumper($req);
    my $response = $::Web->request($req);
    #print Dumper($response);
diff --git a/json/cx_test_allsta_para.pl b/json/cx_test_allsta_para.pl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4c5276c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json/cx_test_allsta_para.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use diagnostics;
+use Carp;
+$SIG{ __DIE__  } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+$SIG{ __WARN__ } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+
+# Un-buffer output
+$| = 1;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use JSON::XS;
+use HTTP::Request;
+use LWP;
+use LWP::UserAgent;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use JSON;
+use Time::HiRes qw(usleep nanosleep);
+
+# using this is going to want high inotify instances, like mentioned here:
+# sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_instances=256
+# https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/unable-to-create-new-inotify-object-too-many-open-files-at-usr-share-perl5.23700/
+
+use Proc::Background;
+use lib '/home/lanforge/scripts';
+use LANforge::JsonUtils qw(logg err json_request get_links_from get_thru json_post get_port_names);
+
+package main;
+# Default values for ye ole cmd-line args.
+our $Resource  = 1;
+our $quiet     = "yes";
+our $Host      = "localhost";
+our $Port      = 8080;
+our $HostUri   = "http://$Host:$Port";
+our $Web       = LWP::UserAgent->new;
+our $Decoder   = JSON->new->utf8;
+our $ssid;
+our $security;
+our $passphrase;
+
+my $usage = qq("$0 --host {ip or hostname} # connect to this
+   --port {port number} # defaults to 8080
+);
+
+
+##
+##    M A I N
+##
+
+GetOptions
+(
+  'host=s'        => \$::Host,
+  'port=i'        => \$::Port
+) || (print($usage) && exit(1));
+
+$::HostUri = "http://$Host:$Port";
+
+my $uri = "/shelf/1";
+my $rh = json_request($uri);
+my $ra_links = get_links_from($rh, 'resources');
+my @links2= ();
+my $ra_alias_links = [];
+
+my $rh_existing_cx = json_request("/cx/list");
+
+my $rh_existing_cxnames = {};
+for my $eid (keys %$rh_existing_cx) {
+   next if ($eid !~ /^\d+\.\d+$/);
+   print "EID[$eid]:";
+   print "=================================================================================\n";
+   print Dumper($rh_existing_cx->{$eid});
+   print "=================================================================================\n";
+   my $rh_cx = $rh_existing_cx->{$eid};
+   print Dumper($rh_cx);
+   print "-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==\n";
+   my $cx_n = $rh_cx->{'name'};
+   print " $cx_n ";
+   $rh_existing_cxnames->{$cx_n} = $rh_cx;
+}
+# $SIG{'CHLD'} = "wait_for_child_to_die"; # do we need this?
+
+my @pids=();
+for my $cx_name (keys %$rh_existing_cxnames) {
+   next if ($cx_name !~ /^udp_/);
+   my $proc = Proc::Background->new("./cx_test_helper.pl --cxname $cx_name");
+   push(@pids, $proc->pid());
+   print " cx_name $cx_name ".$proc->pid();
+   usleep(1500);
+}
+
+print "...done\n";
+#
diff --git a/json/cx_test_helper.pl b/json/cx_test_helper.pl
index d5e5d3c8..c25ef3b4 100755
--- a/json/cx_test_helper.pl
+++ b/json/cx_test_helper.pl
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ GetOptions
 $::HostUri = "http://$Host:$Port";
 
 
+# using this is going to want high inotify instances, like mentioned here:
+# sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_instances=256
+# https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/unable-to-create-new-inotify-object-too-many-open-files-at-usr-share-perl5.23700/
+
+
+
 # wait until /tmp/startcx appears
 our $toggle="startcx";