From 842b5741792543389b9cc77ee898cc8c412b9416 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: peusterm Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:57:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] readme --- README.md | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 576e247..2e2c703 100755 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,14 +9,46 @@ More details about the the emulator's architecture and concepts can be found in * Peuster, Manuel, Holger Karl, and Steven van Rossem. ["MeDICINE: Rapid Prototyping of Production-Ready Network Services in Multi-PoP Environments."](http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.05995) pre-print arXiv:1606.05995 (2016). -## Development -(if applicable) +A short demo that showcases son-emu together with its dummy gatekeeper is available [here](https://youtu.be/BgWDp5CM0io). + +### Development + +To install the emulator package in development mode, do: + +* `python setup.py develop` + +#### Folder Structure + +* `ansible` +* `misc` +* `src` + * `emuvim` + * `api` + * `rest` REST API for son-emu-cli + * `sonata` Dummy gatekeeper API + * `cli` Command line client to control the emulator + * `dcemulator` Emulator core + * `resourcemodel` Resource limitation models + * `examples` Example topology scripts + * `test` Test scripts +* `utils` Helper scripts for SONATA's CI/CD setup + + +#### Run Unit Tests +* `cd ~/son-emu` +* `sudo py.test -v src/emuvim/test/unittests` + ### Building -Describe briefly how to build the software. + +Son-emu is entirely written in Python and does not require a special build process. Please check the [Installation](https://github.com/sonata-nfv/son-emu#installation) section for more details about the installation of son-emu. ### Dependencies +Son-emu requires the latest version of [Containernet](https://github.com/mpeuster/containernet) to be installed on the system. + +Despite of this son-emu has the following dependencies: + * [argparse](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/argparse) >= 1.4.0 (Python software foundation License) * [docker-py](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/docker-py) == 1.7.1(Apache 2.0) * [Flask](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Flask) >= 0.11 (BSD) @@ -64,6 +96,7 @@ Follow the MOTD in the VM to run the example topology and the dummy-gatekeeper. * Add: `localhost ansible_connection=local` #### 1. Containernet + * `cd` * `git clone https://github.com/mpeuster/containernet.git` * `cd ~/containernet/ansible` @@ -71,15 +104,42 @@ Follow the MOTD in the VM to run the example topology and the dummy-gatekeeper. * Wait (and have a coffee) ... #### 2. Emulator + * `cd` * `git clone https://github.com/sonata-nfv/son-emu.git` * `cd ~/son-emu/ansible` * `sudo ansible-playbook install.yml` ## Usage -(if applicable) Describe briefly how to use the software. -### CLI +### Examples +#### Manual Usage Example: + +This simple example shows how to start the emulator with a simple topology (terminal 1) and how to start (terminal 2) some empty VNF containers in the emulated datacenters (PoPs) by using the son-emu-cli. + +* First terminal (start the emulation platform): + * `sudo python src/emuvim/examples/simple_topology.py` +* Second terminal: + * `son-emu-cli compute start -d datacenter1 -n vnf1` + * `son-emu-cli compute start -d datacenter1 -n vnf2` + * `son-emu-cli compute list` +* First terminal: + * `containernet> vnf1 ifconfig` + * `containernet> vnf1 ping -c 2 vnf2` + +#### Dummy Gatekeeper Example: + +This example shows how to deploy a SONATA example package in the emulator using the dummy gatekeeper. + +* First terminal (start the emulation platform): + * `sudo python src/emuvim/examples/sonata_y1_demo_topology_1.py` +* Second terminal (deploy the example package): + * Upload: `curl -i -X POST -F package=@sonata-demo-docker.son http://127.0.0.1:5000/packages` + * Instantiate: `curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/instantiations -d "{}"` + * Verify that service runs: `son-emu-cli compute list` + + +### CLI Commands * [Full CLI command documentation](https://github.com/sonata-nfv/son-emu/wiki/CLI-Command-Overview) ## License @@ -88,8 +148,7 @@ Son-emu is published under Apache 2.0 license. Please see the LICENSE file for m ## Useful Links -* Any useful link and brief description. For example: -* http://www.google/ Don't be evil. +* [Mininet](http://mininet.org) --- #### Lead Developers -- 2.25.1