#!/usr/bin/python """ Build a simple network from scratch, using mininet primitives. This is more complicated than using the higher-level classes, but it exposes the configuration details and allows customization. For most tasks, the higher-level API will be preferable. """ from __future__ import print_function from mininet.net import Mininet from mininet.node import Node from mininet.link import Link from mininet.log import setLogLevel, info from mininet.util import quietRun from time import sleep def scratchNet( cname='controller', cargs='-v ptcp:' ): "Create network from scratch using Open vSwitch." info( "*** Creating nodes\n" ) controller = Node( 'c0', inNamespace=False ) switch = Node( 's0', inNamespace=False ) h0 = Node( 'h0' ) h1 = Node( 'h1' ) info( "*** Creating links\n" ) Link( h0, switch ) Link( h1, switch ) info( "*** Configuring hosts\n" ) h0.setIP( '192.168.123.1/24' ) h1.setIP( '192.168.123.2/24' ) info( str( h0 ) + '\n' ) info( str( h1 ) + '\n' ) info( "*** Starting network using Open vSwitch\n" ) controller.cmd( cname + ' ' + cargs + '&' ) switch.cmd( 'ovs-vsctl del-br dp0' ) switch.cmd( 'ovs-vsctl add-br dp0' ) for intf in switch.intfs.values(): print( switch.cmd( 'ovs-vsctl add-port dp0 %s' % intf ) ) # Note: controller and switch are in root namespace, and we # can connect via loopback interface switch.cmd( 'ovs-vsctl set-controller dp0 tcp:127.0.0.1:6633' ) info( '*** Waiting for switch to connect to controller' ) while 'is_connected' not in quietRun( 'ovs-vsctl show' ): sleep( 1 ) info( '.' ) info( '\n' ) info( "*** Running test\n" ) h0.cmdPrint( 'ping -c1 ' + h1.IP() ) info( "*** Stopping network\n" ) controller.cmd( 'kill %' + cname ) switch.cmd( 'ovs-vsctl del-br dp0' ) switch.deleteIntfs() info( '\n' ) if __name__ == '__main__': setLogLevel( 'info' ) info( '*** Scratch network demo (kernel datapath)\n' ) Mininet.init() scratchNet()