README.testbed.software.md

Prepare Testbed Server

• Install Ubuntu¹ 20.04 x64 on the server. (ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso)

• Install Ubuntu prerequisites

  sudo apt -y update
  sudo apt -y upgrade
  sudo apt -y install \
    python3 \
    python3-pip \
    net-tools \
    curl \
    git \
    make
  sudo apt -y install ubuntu-desktop (TODO: remove this depedency)
  

• install Docker (all credits to https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/ )

  sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg-agent \
    software-properties-common
  curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
  sudo apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88
  sudo add-apt-repository \
    "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
    $(lsb_release -cs) \
    stable"
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
  sudo docker run hello-world
  

  • add your user to docker group

    sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
    

• install KVM

  sudo apt install cpu-checker
  sudo kvm-ok
  sudo apt -y install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils virtinst virt-manager libosinfo-bin
  sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
  sudo usermod -aG kvm $USER
  sudo systemctl enable libvirtd
  sudo systemctl start libvirtd
  

• enable root (optional)

  sudo apt -y install mc
  (edit)/etc/ssh/sshd_config PermitRootLogin yes
  sudo passwd
  # we can use 'dash' as the default password
  sudo systemctl restart sshd
  

• setup management port configuration using this sample /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml:

  network:
    version: 2
    ethernets:
      ens160:
        dhcp4: false
        dhcp6: false
    bridges:
      br1:
        interfaces: [ens160]
        addresses: [10.36.76.160/22]
        gateway4: 10.36.76.1
        mtu: 1500
        nameservers:
          addresses: [4.4.4.4, 8.8.8.8]
        parameters:
          stp: false
          forward-delay: 0
          max-age: 0
        dhcp4: no
        dhcp6: no
  

• reboot

  • ensure networking is ok
  • this is needed also for the permissions to be update, otherwise next step will fail

• clone the DASH repository into your working directory:

  git clone https://github.com/sonic-net/DASH
  

• build container

docker build --no-cache --tag dash/keysight:latest ./DASH/test/environments/keysight
docker tag dash/keysight:latest dash/keysight:1.0.0

• VMs

  • create vms folder

  mkdir /vms
  chmod 775 -R /vms
  

  • download IxNetwork kvm image.

  • copy IxNetworkWeb_KVM_9.20.2112.27.qcow2.tar.bz2 to /vms/ on your testbed server.

  • download IxLoad kvm installer

  • copy IxLoad_Web_9.20_KVM.sh to /vms/ on your testbed server.

• start the VMs:

  cd /vms
  
  tar xjf IxNetworkWeb_KVM_9.20.2114.1.qcow2.tar.bz2
  ./IxLoad_Web_9.20_KVM.sh -z -e Y
  
  virt-install --name IxNetwork-920 --memory 16000 --vcpus 8 --disk /vms/IxNetworkWeb_KVM_9.20.2112.27.qcow2,bus=sata --import --os-variant centos7.0 --network bridge=br1,model=virtio --noautoconsole
  virsh autostart IxNetwork-920
  
  virt-install --name IxLoad-920 --memory 16000 --vcpus 8 --disk /vms/9.20.0.279_ixload/IxLoad_Web_9.20_KVM.qcow2,bus=sata --import --os-variant ubuntu20.04 --network bridge=br1,model=virtio
  virsh autostart IxLoad-920
  

Footnotes

1. it can be also centos archlinux .... but the example commands shown are for ubuntu ↩