wiki:GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/GENIFIRE/jFed/GettingStarted_PartI/Procedure/DesignSetup/ObtainResources

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3. Obtain Resources

3.3 Launch jFed to Reserve Two Virtual Machines at One Aggregate

The Portal is integrated with a tool, jFed, which allows you to draw topologies of GENI resources and then reserve them.
If you are on a Mac, you must us the Firefox (recommended) or Safari browsers.

  1. Click the Generic Node box and drag it onto the canvas.
  2. To edit the node, double click on the node box.
  3. From the "Select testbed" drop-down, pick the aggregate assigned to you. DO NOT forget to do this
  4. Select the node and press the "Duplicate" button. You should now see two node boxes on the canvas.
  5. Now click near one of the node boxes on the canvas, then click and drag towards the other node. Release when you reach the other node. You should now see a line and a box representing a link connecting the two nodes.
  6. The canvas should now look like the picture on the right.
Two nodes connected by a link.
Figure 3-5 Two nodes connected by a link.
  1. To edit the name of each node, double click on the node box.
  2. In the "Name" field at the top, replace "node0" with "client".
  3. Repeat for the node labeled, "node1". In the "Name" field at the top, replace "node1" with "server".
Relabel VM
Figure 3-6 Edit the name of the VM. Set the Sliver Type on ExoGENI racks.
  1. Now click on the "link" box.
  2. Enter an IP Address for this node of 10.1.1.1.
  3. Enter a Mask of 255.255.255.0.
  4. On the next line down, set that interface to the server's IP address of 10.1.1.2 and a Mask of 255.255.255.0.
Relabel VM
Figure 3-7 Edit the IP Address and Mask of the VM.
  1. Click the Run button near the top of the window.
Two VMs connected by a link
Figure 3-8 Two VMs connected by a link.
  1. When prompted, pick experiment details, such as your slice, and then hit OK.
Pick Experiment Details
Figure 3-9 Pick Experiment Details.

3.4 Check Whether Virtual Machines are Ready to be Used

  1. After clicking the OK button, wait for the canvas to turn green. (This may take awhile.)
  2. If the canvas doesn't eventually turn green, press the "Update Status" button.
  3. The canvas should now look like the picture on the right.
Resources are ready
Figure 3-9 Reservation complete. Nodes are ready to login.