Veryx PktBlaster Manuel utilisateur

SDN Controller Test

Version 1.4

Installation Guide

For

Performance Benchmarking & Network Emulator

Part Number: T / IG –PKTBLASTER-SDN-CTR-TEST-1.4 –0117/2.0

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 1

2. Installation ...........................................................................................................................................3

2.1. VM Deployment............................................................................................................................ 3

2.1.1. Pre-requisites ........................................................................................................................3

2.1.1.1. Platform Requirements.................................................................................................3

2.1.2. Deployment........................................................................................................................... 3

2.2. Docker Deployment ...................................................................................................................... 3

2.2.1. Pre-requisites ........................................................................................................................3

2.2.1.1. Platform Requirements.................................................................................................3

2.2.1.2. Software Requirements ................................................................................................ 4

2.2.2. Run Docker Image................................................................................................................. 4

2.3. Installation in Bare-Metal Servers.................................................................................................5

2.3.1. Pre-requisites ........................................................................................................................5

2.3.1.1. Platform Requirements.................................................................................................5

2.3.1.2. Software Requirements ................................................................................................ 5

2.3.1.3. Installation of Pre-requisite Software........................................................................... 5

2.3.2. Installation of PktBlaster-SDN Controller Test......................................................................7

3. Accessing PktBlaster SDN................................................................................................................9

4. Licensing Information....................................................................................................................... 11

4.1. License Activation Procedure......................................................................................................11

4.1.1. License Activation for Lite................................................................................................... 11

4.1.1.1. Online License Activation............................................................................................12

4.1.1.2. Offline License Activation ...........................................................................................12

4.1.2. License Activation for Premium ..........................................................................................13

4.1.3. Upgrade License from Lite to Premium ..............................................................................13

4.1.4. Extend License Period .........................................................................................................13

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1. INTRODUCTION

This guide provides the steps for installing PktBlaster SDN Controller Test.

PktBlaster SDN Controller Test is available as Lite and Premium versions. Lite version is

available with limited features for trials. Whereas Premium version is available with complete

features enabled. These are available as pre-installed VM and Docker images and as a RPM

package which can be installed in bare-metal commodity servers. PktBlaster SDN Controller

Test consists of the following components that are licensed separately:

Performance Benchmarking

Network Emulator

The installation procedure is common for both the product components.

Once installation is completed, the product can be accessed remotely from a workstation that

supports the following browser:

Browser

Firefox 45.0.0 or higher version

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2. INSTALLATION

2.1. VM DEPLOYMENT

2.1.1. Pre-requisites

Currently VM images are available in ova and qcow2 formats. Refer the requirements given

below for deploying the VM images.

2.1.1.1. Platform Requirements

vCPU

8 cores

Memory

8 GB or above

Disk Space

16 GB or above

2.1.2. Deployment

ova and qcow2 formats of VM images can be deployed using tools Oracle VM VirtualBox and

Virtual Machine Manager respectively.

Following credentials should be used to login to the VMs.

Super-User Login Information:

Username: root

Password: rootroot

By default, DHCP is enabled in network ports of VM images. However, the IP address of test

port should be set manually as per your test setup. Since the VM has CentOS 7.1 64 Bit Minimal

OS, answers for questions 2 and 4 in CentOS7 FAQ (refer: https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS7)

can be referred to set IP address statically.

2.2. DOCKER DEPLOYMENT

2.2.1. Pre-requisites

2.2.1.1. Platform Requirements

CPU

i7 or above

Memory

8 GB or above

Disk Space

16 GB or above

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2.2.1.2. Software Requirements

It is required to have Docker software installed in platform to run Docker image of PktBlaster

SDN. Refer https://docs.docker.com/engine/getstarted/step_one/ for the procedure to

download and install Docker software.

2.2.2. Run Docker Image

Docker image of PktBlaster SDN is available in tarball.

Download the tarball PBSDN1.4R4.tar and transfer to the platform. Follow below procedure to

run image of PktBlaster SDN. Use an account with administrative privileges to install packages.

Either run the commands as the root user or configure the sudo utility.

To load PktBlaster SDN image:

1. Execute the following command in terminal to load PktBlaster SDN image to the container.

# docker load -i PBSDN1.4R4.tar

2. Execute the following command to list the images created.

# docker images pbsdn1.4r4

If pbsdn1.4r4 is listed in the repository as below, then the image is loaded to the container

successfully.

REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED VIRTUAL SIZE

pbsdn1.4r4 latest 9e9f876451dc 2 weeks ago 1.27 GB

To run PktBlaster SDN image:

1. Execute the following command to run PktBlaster SDN image and start tomcat server.

# docker run -it --privileged pbsdn1.4r4 /bin/bash -c

"/etc/init.d/tomcat6 start";"b"a"s"h"

2. Execute the following command to start MySQL server in Docker.

# /usr/bin/mysqld_safe &

The above command runs image with default network configurations. To run with user-

defined network configuration, refer

https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/networking/work-with-networks/

Installation

2.3. INSTALLATION IN BARE-METAL SERVERS

2.3.1. Pre-requisites

2.3.1.1. Platform Requirements

CPU

i7 or above

Memory

8 GB or above

Disk Space

16 GB or above

Operating System

CentOS 7.1 64 Bit Minimal

url: http://archive.kernel.org/centos-

vault/7.1.1503/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1503-

01.iso

2.3.1.2. Software Requirements

MySQL Client

5.6

MySQL Server

5.6

GNU C Compiler

4.5.8

Python

2.7 or above

Automake

1.13 or above

Autoconf

2.69 or above

Libtool

2.4.2 or above

2.3.1.3. Installation of Pre-requisite Software

Use an account with administrative privileges to install packages. Either run the commands as

the root user or configure the sudo utility.

For package installation, ensure that the server is connected to the internet while installing

the above packages. If the server is not directly connected to the internet use the following

commands to configure the proxy.

$ export http_proxy=http://Your Proxy IP:port

(E.g., export http_proxy=http://192.168.12.6:3128)

To install MySQL:

1. Install yum package using the following command.

# yum -y install yum-utils.noarch

2. Edit the /etc/yum.repos.d/mysql-community.repo file and add the following

for your environment:

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# Enable to use MySQL 5.6

[mysql56-community]

name=MySQL 5.6 Community Server

baseurl=http://repo.mysql.com/yum/mysql-5.6-

community/el/6/$basearch/

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

3. Enable MySQL package repository using the following command.

# yum-config-manager --enable mysql-community.repo

4. Install MySQL server and start it by executing the following commands in sequence.

# yum install mysql-community-server

# mysql_install_db

# chown mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql/*

# chown mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql/mysql/*

# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables&

5. Configure user and password for creating database using following command.

# mysql -uroot

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('ATTEST') WHERE

User='root';

mysql> QUIT;

To install other packages:

Execute the following command in terminal.

# yum -y install psmisc telnet net-tools mlocate sudo curl \

openssl gcc make python-devel openssl-devel kernel-devel graphviz \

kernel-debug-devel autoconf automake libtool xorg-x11-xauth \

python-six

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