Install Floodlight on Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS

• sudo apt-get install build-essential default-jdk ant python-dev eclipse
• tar xzf floodlight-source-0.90.tar.gz -C /opt --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions
• cd /opt/floodlight-0.90/

1. ant
   
   ...
   dist:
   [jar] Building jar: /opt/floodlight/target/floodlight.jar
   [jar] Building jar: /opt/floodlight/target/floodlight-test.jar
   BUILD SUCCESSFUL
   Total time: 25 seconds

• java -jar target/floodlight.jar
  19:53:53.434 INFO [n.f.c.m.FloodlightModuleLoader:main] Loading default modules
  19:53:53.827 INFO [n.f.c.i.Controller:main] Controller role set to MASTER
  19:53:53.834 INFO [n.f.c.i.Controller:main] Flush switches on reconnect -- Disabled
  19:54:03.558 INFO [n.f.l.i.LinkDiscoveryManager:main] Setting autoportfast feature to OFF
  19:54:03.779 INFO [o.s.s.i.c.FallbackCCProvider:main] Cluster not yet configured; using fallback local configuration
  19:54:03.779 INFO [o.s.s.i.SyncManager:main] [32767] Updating sync configuration ClusterConfig [allNodes={32767=Node [hostname=localhost, port=6642, nodeId=32767, domainId=32767]}, authScheme=CHALLENGE_RESPONSE, keyStorePath=/etc/floodlight/auth_credentials.jceks, keyStorePassword is unset]
  19:54:03.853 INFO [o.s.s.i.r.RPCService:main] Listening for internal floodlight RPC on localhost/127.0.0.1:6642
  19:54:04.066 INFO [n.f.c.i.Controller:main] Listening for switch connections on 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0:6633
  19:54:09.047 INFO [n.f.j.JythonServer:debugserver-main] Starting DebugServer on :6655

Proxy for apt-get in Ubuntu Server 14.04

1. Download and Install NTLMAPS manually from https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/ntlmaps/download 
2. Then, follows the steps

Configure it: domain, username, password, proxyserver.net, port

1. Files: /etc/bash.bashrc

   export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:5865
   export https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:5865
   export ftp_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:5865
   

   /etc/environment

   http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:5865
   https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:5865
   ftp_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:5865
   

   /etc/apt/apt.conf (create the file if it does not exist)

   Acquire::http::Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:5865";
   Acquire::https::Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:5865";
   Acquire::ftp::Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:5865";

Accessing file in VM (ubuntu) from ESXi Datastore

1. Select the files to be moved from local device to ESXi server datastore.
   
   
   
2. Make sure that the files are .iso format
3. Upload to ESX. data-store
   
   
   
   
4. Then, goto VM (Ubuntu)
5. Select the CD/DVD and ESXi datastore, where .iso file is located
   
   
   
6. In the datastore, select on .iso file
   
7. Now, goto terminal in Ubuntu 

                                               sudo mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
                                               mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Now files located in .iso file will be available to Ubuntu.

Collecting SDN forwarder port status at SDN Controller

This is to gather the port status of every switch or forwarder at SDN controller.

Register the port_stats_in function:

def install(self):
# Handler
        ...
self.register_for_port_stats_in(self.handle_portstats_in)
        ...


def handle_portstats_in(self, dpid, stats):
    """
    Parameters in stats: port_no, rx_packets, tx_packets, rx_bytes, tx_bytes, rx_dropped, tx_dropped,       rx_errors, tx_errors, rx_frame_err, rx_over_err, rx_crc_err, collisions
    """
    print "Port Stats received...."
    print "Port stats in from datapath", longlong_to_octstr(dpid)[6:]
    for item in stats:
print '\t',item['port_no'],':',item['tx_packets'],':',item['rx_packets']
   
   ...

Activating vSphere

Courtesy: http://www.vmwarearena.com/2013/10/vsphere-55-download-free-esxi-55.html

Download the VMware ESXi 5.5 Free Hypervisor installer image along with free license keys.

Register or Login with your VMware account credentials

Once you have logged in ,  You will have been provided with the option to download the  ESXi 5.5 Installation ISO and VMware vSphere client along with the Free license key for ESXi 5.5 Hypervisor.

Once the installers are download. Complete the ESXi 5.5 installation or Upgrade and Connect to your ESXi host using vSphere Client.

Click on Configuration tab and select Licensed Features. Click on Edit

Enter the license key and Click on Ok.

You are done with the  ESXi 5.5 free license key assignment and it is never Expires now. I believe this is informative for you. Thanks for Reading !!!

Adding Hard Disk to ESXi 5.1 Server

The ESXi 5.1 doesn't support RAID configuration, there for better to use RAID 0 for minimum number of hard disk and add the remaining hard disk through vSphere Client.

The steps is as follows:

host > storage > add storage > Disk/LUN > next

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Configuring PyDev to Eclipse for OpenFlow

• Downloading the Eclipse CDT and Java

                       http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/?

• Installing PyDev to Eclipse - It can be done in 2 ways:

          Update Manager

                  Go to the update manager (Help > Install New Software) and add: 

                  http://pydev.org/updates    or     http://pydev.org/nightly

                  and follow the Eclipse steps.

1. Go to Help → Install New Software
  
2. Enter http://pydev.org/updates in the Work with:  field.
3. After several seconds, two options should appear. Select the PyDev for Eclipse option. Do not select the "PyDev Mylyn Integration" flag.

 
4. Click "Next" and "OK" to continue installing PyDev.
5. Select "I accept the terms of the license agreement", then click "Finish". The installer will begin to download the plug-in.
6. Note: When you see the Selection Needed dialog box, you must manually check the box before pressing okay. If you do not, it appears that the installation is continuing, but it is not. You must uninstall PyDev, then reinstall.

7. A security warning may appear asking whether you trust the software being installed- click "ok", then ensure the correct items are selected and click yes. The instillation process will continue.
8. When the installation is complete, you will be asked if you want to restart Eclipse. Select "Yes". You may see a Subclipse Usage  dialog, just uncheck the box and continue.

        Zip File

                  The .zip file available here

                  An alternative is just getting the zip file and extracting it yourself in eclipse.

                  For Eclipse 3.4 onwards, you can extract it in the 'dropins' folder (and restart Eclipse).

• Configuring PyDev

1. Python must be installed to configure PyDev.
2. Go to Window → Preferences. In the Preferences window, expand PyDev and select Interpreter-Python.
   
3. Click "New..." and type Python32 for the Interpreter name. For the Interpreter executable, browse to your copy of Python (C:\Program Files\Python32\python.exe), and press Open.
   
   Click "OK" and the  Selection Needed Window will appear.
   
4. Select all but the PySrc and python32.zip and click OK as many times as necessary to exit the preferences. The default selection should be fine.
5. The Interpreter is now set up so that the code you write can be interpreted for the computer to run. You are now ready to start running code.