= Module A Execute Experiment = == 3. Instrument your Application using !LabWiki == In this part of Module A you will learn how you can use !LabWiki to execute an experiment on the slice you reserved in the [wiki:GEC20Agenda/LabWiki/ModuleA/DesignSetup previous step]. === 3.1 Design and Execute measurement in !LabWiki === === 3.1.1. The "Plan" Window === To get started point your browser to [http://labwiki.casa.umass.edu:4000/]. Labwiki has three major windows. We will focus on the leftmost window first. This is the "Planning" window in which you document your experiment. (This is somewhat the equivalent of an electronic lab journal.) Documents are written in [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ Markdown]. At the top of that window is a text field which you can use to search for existing MD scripts. Type "learningswitch" in the field and then select "learningswitch.md" from the list of files that are offered. This document has some information on the experiment that will be performed in Module A of the tutorial. === 3.1.2 The "Prepare" Window === The "Prepare" (middle) window allows you to define your experiment through and [http://mytestbed.net/projects/omf/wiki/OMF_Main_Page OMF] experiment script specified in [http://mytestbed.net/projects/omf6/wiki/OEDLOMF6 OMF Experiment Description Language] (OEDL). At the top of that window is a text field which you can use to search for existing OEDL scripts. Type "GEC20" in the field and then select "GEC20-learningswitch.oedl" from the list of files that are offered. This list the experiment script in the field below. For reference, we show the experiment script here: {{{ defProperty('source1', "nodea-gimitest1", "ID of a resource") defProperty('source2', "switch-gimitest1", "ID of a resource") defProperty('sinkaddr12', '192.168.1.7', "Ping destination address") defProperty('sinkaddr13', '192.168.1.8', "Ping destination address") defProperty('sinkaddr21', '192.168.1.9', "Ping destination address") defProperty('sinkaddr23', '192.168.1.10', "Ping destination address") defApplication('ping') do |app| app.description = 'Simple Definition for the ping-oml2 application' # Define the path to the binary executable for this application app.binary_path = '/usr/local/bin/ping-oml2' # Define the configurable parameters for this application # For example if target is set to foo.com and count is set to 2, then the # application will be started with the command line: # /usr/bin/ping-oml2 -a foo.com -c 2 app.defProperty('target', 'Address to ping', '-a', {:type => :string}) app.defProperty('count', 'Number of times to ping', '-c', {:type => :integer}) # Define the OML2 measurement point that this application provides. # Here we have only one measurement point (MP) named 'ping'. Each measurement # sample from this MP will be composed of a 4-tuples (addr,ttl,rtt,rtt_unit) app.defMeasurement('ping') do |m| m.defMetric('dest_addr',:string) m.defMetric('ttl',:uint32) m.defMetric('rtt',:double) m.defMetric('rtt_unit',:string) end end defApplication('trema') do |app| app.description = 'This app runs trema from command line' app.binary_path = '/usr/bin/trema run /root/learning-switch.rb' end defGroup('Source2', property.source2) do |node| node.addApplication("trema") end defGroup('Source1', property.source1) do |node| node.addApplication("ping") do |app| app.setProperty('target', property.sinkaddr12) app.setProperty('count', 30) #app.setProperty('interval', 1) app.measure('ping', :samples => 1) end node.addApplication("ping") do |app| app.setProperty('target', property.sinkaddr13) app.setProperty('count', 30) #app.setProperty('interval', 1) app.measure('ping', :samples => 1) end node.addApplication("ping") do |app| app.setProperty('target', property.sinkaddr21) app.setProperty('count', 30) #app.setProperty('interval', 1) app.measure('ping', :samples => 1) end node.addApplication("ping") do |app| app.setProperty('target', property.sinkaddr23) app.setProperty('count', 30) #app.setProperty('interval', 1) app.measure('ping', :samples => 1) end end onEvent(:ALL_UP_AND_INSTALLED) do |event| info "Starting the ping" after 2 do group('Source2').startApplications end after 10 do group('Source1').startApplications end after 80 do info "Stopping the ping" allGroups.stopApplications Experiment.done end end defGraph 'RTT' do |g| g.ms('ping').select(:oml_seq, :dest_addr, :rtt) g.caption "RTT of received packets." g.type 'line_chart3' g.mapping :x_axis => :oml_seq, :y_axis => :rtt, :group_by => :dest_addr g.xaxis :legend => 'oml_seq' g.yaxis :legend => 'rtt', :ticks => {:format => 's'} end }}} === 3.1.3 Start your application from !LabWiki === To start your experiment, simply drag the icon that is to the left of the file name (see figure below) from the middle (Prepare) to the right (Execute) window. That will automatically fill out the experiment relevant information in this window and allow you to start the actual experiment by clicking on the "Start Experiment" button. [[Image(LW-execute.png, 80%)]] Explanation of the fields in the Execute window: * name: In this field you specify the name of your experiment. * project: This pull-down menu list all the projects you are currently a member of. Select the project that contains the slice you want to run your experiment on. * experiment context: With the context you can specify a certain set of experiments. E.g., a series of experiments you run under a certain set of startup parameters. * slice: This pull down menu lists all slice that have been created under "project". Select the slice you to run your experiment on. === 3.1.4 During experiment execution === After pressing the "Start" button, the Execute window will change and start showing status information about your experiment. The figure below gives an example for the Execute window during experiment execution. [[Image(LW-executing.png, 80%)]] Now the window lists experiment properties, one or several live graphs (if they have been specified in the OEDL script), and logging information. The latter would be a good starting point for trouble shooting, should your experiment not run as expected. = [wiki:GEC20Agenda/LabWiki/ModuleC/DesignSetup Design] = = [wiki:GEC20Agenda/LabWiki/ModuleC/Finish Next: Finish] =