wiki:GENIEducation/SampleAssignments/UnderstandAMAPI/Procedure

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Understanding the GENI AM API through a simple experiment

Experiment Description

Tutorial Setup

Use the Omni GENI client to reserve two VMs connected by a Layer 2 circuit.

Then arrange for automatic installation and execution of software on these nodes (performing basic traffic measurement tests), and manually log in to inspect the results.

Prerequisites

In order to participate in this tutorial you need to have an account at an InCommon institution or from the GPO. If you haven't done so before, please sign in to the GENI Portal.

Make sure you know which institution will provide you access to GENI and the username and password you need to authenticate. If you don't know, please let us know.

It may be helpful for you to have access to your email.

Procedure

Design/Setup
  • Part I: Design/Setup
    • Step 1: Design Experiment
    • Step 2: Establish Management Environment
    • Step 3: Obtain Resources
Execute
  • Part II: Execute
    • Step 4: Configure and Initialize Services
    • Step 5: Execute Experiment
    • Step 6: Analyze and Visualize Experiment
Finish