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Preliminary Mininet Installation/Configuration Notes
Pre-Beta version, August 2010
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Mininet 1.0rc0
(Disclaimer: we're still pre-beta - things may be broken!)
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The supported installation methods for Mininet Pre-Beta are 1) using
The supported installation methods for Mininet are 1) using
a pre-built VM image, and 2) native installation on Ubuntu or Debian.
(Other distributions may be supported in the future - if you would
like to contribute an installation script, we would welcome it!)
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1. Easiest "install" - use our pre-built VM image!
The easiest way to get Mininet running is to start with one of our pre-built
virtual machine images from:
http://openflow.org/foswiki/bin/view/OpenFlow/MininetGettingStarted
virtual machine images from http://openflow.org/mininet
Boot up the VM image, log in, and follow the instructions on the wiki page.
An additional advantage of using the VM image is that it doesn't mess with
your native OS install or damage it in any way.
your native OS installation or damage it in any way.
2. Native installation for Ubuntu and Debian 5 (NEW for pre-beta!)
2. Native installation (experimental!) for Ubuntu and Debian 5
If you are running Ubuntu or Debian 5, you may be able to use our handy
install.sh script, which is in mininet/util.
WARNING: install.sh is a bit intrusive and may possibly damage your OS
WARNING: USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
install.sh is a bit intrusive and may possibly damage your OS
and/or home directory. Although we hope it won't do anything completely
terrible, you may want to look at the script before you run it, and you
should make sure your system and home directory are backed up just in case!
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How to Squeeze a 1024-node OpenFlow Network onto your Laptop
Alpha release, March 2010
Mininet 1.0rc0
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Welcome to the Mininet alpha release!
Welcome to Mininet!
Mininet creates OpenFlow test networks by using process-based
virtualization and network namespaces.
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