All About HyperNet Architecture

To use a HyperNet App

• 1. What the user needs
  • 1.1 credentials: more precisely, the following files: omni_config, private/public key pairs for GENI (can get from GENI Portal, e.g., geni_key_portal and geni_key_portal.pub in your ~/.ssh/ directory), the ssl certificate for GENI (can get from GENI Portal, i.e., geni_cert_portal.pem in your ~/.ssl/ directory)
  • 1.2 JRE (Java Runtime Environment) - do not know the version requirement yet, assume the default version on your Windows/Ubuntu/Mac would work as long as your PC/Laptop is not 20 years old :-)
• 2. How to get the files needed above?
  • 2.1 Option A. Get a GENI Portal account, log on your portal account, click "profile", then download public key and private key to ~/.ssh/ directory; SSL certificate to ~/.ssl/ directory, then download and customize a template omni config file and customize it.
  • 2.2 Option B. Get a GENI Portal Account, download a "omni-bundle" script from somewhere, and run it using the following command:

      run omni-bundle script
    

To Build a Network Hypervisor Server

For Ubuntu:

• 1. install apache:

   sudo apt-get install apache2
  

• 2. add a new user:

   sudo adduser hypernet (password is hypernet)
  {{{
   - 3. install JDK: 
  {{{
   sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
  }}}
   - 4. copy hypervisor source code as user "hypernet" in "hypernet's" home directory:
  {{{
   su hypernet
   wget http://www.gpolab.bbn.com/experiment-support/HyperNet/Hypervisor.tar.gz
   tar xzvf Hypervisor.tar.gz
  }}}
   - 5. set environment path: add the following line to ~/.bashrc (as user "hypernet")
  {{{
   export CLASSPATH=.:~/PVNLibrary/*:$CLASSPATH
  }}}
   then log out and log in again as user "hypernet" (you can do "echo $CLASSPATH" to confirm that the classpath is set properly)
   - 6. install omni following the tutorial here: http://trac.gpolab.bbn.com/gcf/wiki (remember to set the $PATH variable so that the system can call omni.py directory instead of having to use the full path)
   - 7. change corresponding fields in the hypervisor source code to point to the correct directory: 
    - 7.1 in "PVNLib.java" change the following so that it points to the default GENI user (unlikely to be called, but just in case)
    {{{
          //default user credentials
  	private final String defaultUserName = "shuang";                                                  //default hypervisor's username
  	private final String defaultOmniConfigFile = "/Users/shuang/.gcf/omni_config";  //default location for hypervisor's omni_config file
                     //on andor, the above is /home/hypernet/.gcf/omni_config
  	private final String hypervisorRoot = "/Users/shuang/Sites/";                               //default web site location on hypervisor
                     //on andor, the above is /var/www/
  	private final String webRoot = "http://128.89.81.82/~shuang/";                          //default web url for hypervisor service
                     //on andor, the above is http://128.89.91.33/
    }}}
    - 7.2 in "pvnlib/RspecBuilder.java", change the following to point to the correct resource folder: 
    {{{
    public final static String resourceFolder = "/Users/shuang/Sites/resources/";            //default folder to hold physical topology xml files
                     //on andor, the above is /var/www/resources/
    }}}
    - 7.3 in "pvnlib/TopologyMgr/Graph.java", change the following to point to the right omni.py: 
    {{{
    private static String omni = "/Users/shuang/omni/gcf/src/omni.py";                         //path for omni.py
                     //on andor, the above is changed to /home/hypernet/omni/gcf/src/omni.py
    }}}
    - 7.4 recompile the source code, in folder "RPCServer/", do "make"
  
  
  }}}