Subject:
Feedback for Flowvisor 0.8.1.2
From:
Luisa Nevers <lnevers@bbn.com>
Date:
9/27/2011 1:16 PM
To:
nick.bastin@gmail.com
CC:
Josh Smift <jbs@bbn.com>, Luisa Nevers <lnevers@bbn.com>

Hello Nick,

My name is Luisa Nevers and I work at BBN. I am currently looking at FlowVisor 0.8.1.2
for the GENI Integration Release.    I have some questions and feedback about the
https://openflow.stanford.edu/display/flowvisor/fv_deploy   page.    I followed the
instructions for a FlowVisor Ubuntu package install and configuration on a new system
and have run into these issues/questions:

1. Page points to  file /usr/local/etc/flowvisor/flowvisor-config.xml,
  but file tha is delivered has different name and path /usr/etc/flowvisor/config.xml.

2. Several mismatched paths are found:
    /usr/local/sbin/  should be /usr/sbin/
  /usr/local/etc/flowvisor/ should be /usr/etc/flowvisor/ 

3a. If a user follow the" install ubuntu package and configure" path,  the instructions jump into
    using  a password, but no instructions are given to set/generate a FlowVisor password.

3b.  Also missing when following the " install ubuntu package and configure" path, are steps to set the
       user/group for the flowvisor.
   
In the "source"  sections there are instructions to generate a configuration which allows the user to
set the password.  Should the user generate the configuration when they install from Ubuntu
package and  overwrite the example provided to define a password and user/group?

4. If a user follow the" install ubuntu package and configure" path and runs the example invocation for
   flowvisor,  they will set the  SSL_KEYPASSWD=CHANGEME_PASSWD in the  /usr/etc/flowvisor/envs.sh file.
   Should there be instructions  to modify this variable?    Although this is in the clear and not secure.

5. Is this still appropriate? Flowvisor 0.8.1.2 reports  "FlowVisor version: flowvisor-0.8.1".

One more question, do you want bug reports for any of the above?

Thank You,

Luisa Nevers