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INSTOOLS : Create Experiment at Kentucky

  1. Change into you home directory using command "cd ~/"
  2. To obtain the INSTOOLS code, download the INSTOOLS package from http://www.uky.emulab.net/downloads/INSTOOLSv3_1.tgz . Then untar the INSTOOLS package.
  3. Change into the INSTOOLSv3.1 directory using command "cd v3.1"
  4. Rspec to be used [gec9_sample2.rspec] is located in the rspecs folder.To view it use command "less rspecs/gec9_sample2.rspec" . Visuals for the topology are shown below.



    Routes for the nodes in this topology has been pre-set in the rspec. Please check the rspec file contents for details.

    NOTE: Nodes being used in this experiment are OpenVZ based Virtual Nodes.
  5. Create an experiment using that rpsec at the Kentucky Testbed. Command to use is

    ./createExp.py -n <SLICENAME> \

    -m https://www.uky.emulab.net/protogeni/xmlrpc/cm \

    rspecs/gec9_sample2.rspec
    • The "-m " is used to point your API calls to the URL of the CM specified.
  6. Wait for the experiment setup to complete.
  7. Note down the virtual ids,physical hostnames and sshd ports of each node allocated to your slice (shown on your screen during sliver creation).
  8. Try login to these PC nodes to verify if they are setup properly. To login to these use the command "ssh -p <sshd port number> <physical hostname>"
  9. ssh into n1 using command from step 8 and ping nodes n2 and n3 using the command "ping n2" and "ping n3".
  10. Your experiment has been created sucessfully.