Changes between Version 24 and Version 25 of GENIEducation/SampleAssignments/UnderstandAMAPI/Procedure/DesignSetup
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v24 v25 177 177 {{{ 178 178 #!html 179 <p>For this exercise, we will start with a prepared rspec file.</p>179 <p>For this exercise, we will edit a preexisting RSpec file.</p> 180 180 181 181 <table><tr> 182 182 <td> 183 <p> You should load thistopology into Flack:</p>183 <p>To load this existing topology into Flack:</p> 184 184 <ol> 185 <li>From the <i>Slice</i> page, launch Flack.</li> 185 186 <li>From the "Import" menu (see figure), select the "Import from the web" item.</li> 186 <li>Enter the URL corresponding to the rack type you are using and open it: 187 <li>Enter the URL corresponding to the rack type you are using 188 then click <b>Ok</b>: 187 189 <p><img src="http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/Graphics/instageni-logo.png?format=raw" width="75" height="75" /><b> InstaGENI</b></p> 188 190 <pre class="wiki">http://www.gpolab.bbn.com/experiment-support/UnderstandAMAPI/ig/understandAMAPI_ig.rspec</pre> … … 291 293 {{{ 292 294 #!html 293 <p>Now we will pull back some of the covers and inspect exactly what Flack has been doing for us when preparing the rspecs for the experiments we design. Each node and link has a corresponding element in the rspec, and the details of the component configuration (such as the install and execute services we requested above) are specified with attributes, or sometimes child elements, within those portions of the document.</p>295 <p>Now we will pull back some of the covers and inspect exactly what Flack has been doing for us when preparing the RSpecs for the experiments we design. Each node and link has a corresponding element in the RSpec, and the details of the component configuration (such as the install and execute services we requested above) are specified with attributes, or sometimes child elements, within those portions of the document.</p> 294 296 295 297 <table><tr> … … 298 300 <li>From the "View" menu (see figure), select the "Preview 299 301 request document(s)" item. This will bring up a window showing the 300 current rspec -- please take a moment to inspect it. The XML elements302 current RSpec -- please take a moment to inspect it. The XML elements 301 303 under the "<tt>flack</tt>" namespace were added for Flack's internal 302 304 use (containing information about the canvas layout, editing history, etc.), … … 306 308 elements you added earlier.</li> 307 309 <li>Use the "Save to file" button (in the upper left) to 308 make a local copy of your rspec. We'll use this in the next step to309 demonstrate how other client tools also use rspec files to communicate310 make a local copy of your RSpec. We'll use this in the next step to 311 demonstrate how other client tools also use RSpec files to communicate 310 312 requests to aggregate managers.</li> 311 313 </ol> … … 323 325 }}} 324 326 325 where {{{AM_NICKNAME}}} is the nickname for your assigned aggregate manager and {{{SLICENAME}}} is the name of the slice you created at the portal (both of these are given on your worksheet). {{{RSPEC_FILE}}} should be replaced with the filename of the rspec you saved in step 4.327 where {{{AM_NICKNAME}}} is the nickname for your assigned aggregate manager and {{{SLICENAME}}} is the name of the slice you created at the portal (both of these are given on your worksheet). {{{RSPEC_FILE}}} should be replaced with the filename of the RSpec you saved in step 4. 326 328 327 329