Lab Zero: A First Experiment Using GENI

TinyURL for these instructions: ​http://tinyurl.com/GENILab0

Overview

This is a first, simple experiment on GENI useful for familiarizing new experimenters with GENI and the tools for using GENI.

What you will learn

The high levels goals for this exercise are to:

1. Do a simple but complete GENI experiment
2. Learn and use 5 GENI terms: experimenter, project, slice, resource, and aggregate
3. Use the ​GENI Experimenter Portal and Flack

Specifically, during this exercise you will:

• Use your GENI account for the first time and do some one time setup
  • Login to the GENI Experimenter Portal for the first time
  • Join a Project
  • Specify ssh keys for use logging into resources
• Learn how to reserve, login to, and release resources in GENI
  • Create and renew a slice
  • Generate and reserve your own topology of GENI resources using Flack
  • Learn how to login to compute resources using ssh
  • Learn how to delete resources in GENI
• Understand the difference between the control and data plane interfaces on each node
• Use these resources to do a very simple first experiment
  • Use ping to test connectivity between the reserved resources
  • Use ifconfig to identify your data and control plane interfaces

Experiment Topology and Setup

Reserve two VMs at the same location connected by a Layer 2 circuit.

Background

Background information about pre-requisites, tools, resources, and where to get help.

Video

• A ​video of the Lab Zero exercise

Procedure

	Part I: Design/Setup Step 1: Design Experiment Step 2: Establish Management Environment Step 3: Obtain Resources
	Part II: Execute Step 4: Configure and Initialize Services Step 5: Execute Experiment Step 6: Analyze and Visualize Experiment
	Part III: Finish Step 7: Teardown Experiment Step 8: Archive Experiment