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Software Defined Network With Ubuntu Mininet and Open Daylight Controller

The document provides step-by-step instructions to get Ubuntu, Mininet, and OpenDaylight controller running together on a virtual machine. It details downloading prerequisites, running the Ubuntu image, starting the OpenDaylight controller, launching Mininet to create a virtual network, and viewing the network topology on the OpenDaylight GUI.

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Software Defined Network With Ubuntu Mininet and Open Daylight Controller

The document provides step-by-step instructions to get Ubuntu, Mininet, and OpenDaylight controller running together on a virtual machine. It details downloading prerequisites, running the Ubuntu image, starting the OpenDaylight controller, launching Mininet to create a virtual network, and viewing the network topology on the OpenDaylight GUI.

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GETTING UBUNTU-MININET-OPENDAYLIGHT TO

WORK
( By Sunil, email : [email protected] )

Prerequisites :

(1) You need to download VM player.


(2) You need the Ubuntu 14.04 + mininet VM image downloaded.
(3) You need the opendaylight controller at /home.
(4) You need to have basic knowledge of ubuntu virtual machine and usage.

Step 1 : Download ubuntu image with mininet and play it using VM Player.
Step 2 : virtual image play in progress.
Step 3 : Ubuntu asks you to login.
Step 4 : login as super user (root). You are on tty1.
Step 5 : Issue the following command at the # prompt.

# sudo apt-get ubuntu-desktop

This can take a while to complete.

Issue command

# sudo apt-get chromium-browser

to download chromium browser.

Step 6 : give command cd /home/opendaylight and this what you will see.
Step 7 : Issue ./run.sh at the command prompt.

Step 8 : The screen you will see when ./run.sh is issued.( This is to run the ODL
controller ).
Step 9 : When you get this as the last screen, it means that your ODL controller is
running successfully.
Step 10 : Press CTRL-ALT-F2 to go to tty2. You should get the screen below. Login
as root ( super user ).
Step 11 : Issue cd /home/mininet and you should get the screen below.
Step 12 : Issuing mn –c at the mininet prompt should get you this screen.
Step 13 : Issue the command shown after the mininet prompt.
Step 14 : Issue pingall at the mininet prompt and you should get the screen below.
Step 15 : Press CTRL-ALT-F3 and you will go to tty3. Login as root to get the screen
below.
Step 16 : Issue command xinit as shown.

Step 17 : You will get the following screen after xinit comand is issued.
Step 18 : Issue the command shown to invoke chromium browser.
Step 19 : After the browser is up and running, type in URL
localhost:8080

and the opendaylight screen shown below should appear.


Step 20 : Enter login and password as admin. You should see the network you
created through mininet appear graphically on the ODL controller screen
as shown below.

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