""" Mininet: A simple networking testbed for OpenFlow! author: Bob Lantz (rlantz@cs.stanford.edu) author: Brandon Heller (brandonh@stanford.edu) Mininet creates scalable OpenFlow test networks by using process-based virtualization and network namespaces. Simulated hosts are created as processes in separate network namespaces. This allows a complete OpenFlow network to be simulated on top of a single Linux kernel. Each host has: A virtual console (pipes to a shell) A virtual interfaces (half of a veth pair) A parent shell (and possibly some child processes) in a namespace Hosts have a network interface which is configured via ifconfig/ip link/etc. This version supports both the kernel and user space datapaths from the OpenFlow reference implementation (openflowswitch.org) as well as OpenVSwitch (openvswitch.org.) In kernel datapath mode, the controller and switches are simply processes in the root namespace. Kernel OpenFlow datapaths are instantiated using dpctl(8), and are attached to the one side of a veth pair; the other side resides in the host namespace. In this mode, switch processes can simply connect to the controller via the loopback interface. In user datapath mode, the controller and switches can be full-service nodes that live in their own network namespaces and have management interfaces and IP addresses on a control network (e.g. 10.0.123.1, currently routed although it could be bridged.) In addition to a management interface, user mode switches also have several switch interfaces, halves of veth pairs whose other halves reside in the host nodes that the switches are connected to. Consistent, straightforward naming is important in order to easily identify hosts, switches and controllers, both from the CLI and from program code. Interfaces are named to make it easy to identify which interfaces belong to which node. The basic naming scheme is as follows: Host nodes are named h1-hN Switch nodes are named s1-sN Controller nodes are named c0-cN Interfaces are named {nodename}-eth0 .. {nodename}-ethN Note: If the network topology is created using mininet.topo, then node numbers are unique among hosts and switches (e.g. we have h1..hN and SN..SN+M) and also correspond to their default IP addresses of 10.x.y.z/8 where x.y.z is the base-256 representation of N for hN. This mapping allows easy determination of a node's IP address from its name, e.g. h1 -> 10.0.0.1, h257 -> 10.0.1.1. Currently we wrap the entire network in a 'mininet' object, which constructs a simulated network based on a network topology created using a topology object (e.g. LinearTopo) from mininet.topo or mininet.topolib, and a Controller which the switches will connect to. Several configuration options are provided for functions such as automatically setting MAC addresses, populating the ARP table, or even running a set of xterms to allow direct interaction with nodes. After the network is created, it can be started using start(), and a variety of useful tasks maybe performed, including basic connectivity and bandwidth tests and running the mininet CLI. Once the network is up and running, test code can easily get access to host and switch objects which can then be used for arbitrary experiments, typically involving running a series of commands on the hosts. After all desired tests or activities have been completed, the stop() method may be called to shut down the network. """ import os import re import signal from time import sleep from mininet.cli import CLI from mininet.log import info, error, debug, output from mininet.node import Host, UserSwitch, KernelSwitch, Controller from mininet.node import ControllerParams from mininet.util import quietRun, fixLimits from mininet.util import createLink, macColonHex, ipStr, ipParse from mininet.xterm import cleanUpScreens, makeXterms DATAPATHS = [ 'kernel' ] #[ 'user', 'kernel' ] def init(): "Initialize Mininet." if os.getuid() != 0: # Note: this script must be run as root # Perhaps we should do so automatically! print "*** Mininet must run as root." exit( 1 ) # If which produces no output, then netns is not in the path. # May want to loosen this to handle netns in the current dir. if not quietRun( [ 'which', 'netns' ] ): raise Exception( "Could not find netns; see INSTALL" ) fixLimits() class Mininet( object ): "Network emulation with hosts spawned in network namespaces." def __init__( self, topo, switch=KernelSwitch, host=Host, controller=Controller, cparams=ControllerParams( '10.0.0.0', 8 ), build=True, xterms=False, cleanup=False, inNamespace=False, autoSetMacs=False, autoStaticArp=False ): """Create Mininet object. topo: Topo (topology) object or None switch: Switch class host: Host class controller: Controller class cparams: ControllerParams object now: build now from topo? xterms: if build now, spawn xterms? cleanup: if build now, cleanup before creating? inNamespace: spawn switches and controller in net namespaces? autoSetMacs: set MAC addrs from topo? autoStaticArp: set all-pairs static MAC addrs?""" self.switch = switch self.host = host self.controller = controller self.cparams = cparams self.topo = topo self.inNamespace = inNamespace self.xterms = xterms self.cleanup = cleanup self.autoSetMacs = autoSetMacs self.autoStaticArp = autoStaticArp self.hosts = [] self.switches = [] self.controllers = [] self.nameToNode = {} # name to Node (Host/Switch) objects self.idToNode = {} # dpid to Node (Host/Switch) objects self.dps = 0 # number of created kernel datapaths self.terms = [] # list of spawned xterm processes if build: self.build() def addHost( self, name, mac=None, ip=None ): """Add host. name: name of host to add mac: default MAC address for intf 0 ip: default IP address for intf 0 returns: added host""" host = self.host( name, defaultMAC=mac, defaultIP=ip ) self.hosts.append( host ) self.nameToNode[ name ] = host return host def addSwitch( self, name, mac=None, ip=None ): """Add switch. name: name of switch to add mac: default MAC address for kernel/OVS switch intf 0 returns: added switch""" if self.switch == UserSwitch: sw = self.switch( name, defaultMAC=mac, defaultIP=ip, inNamespace=self.inNamespace ) else: sw = self.switch( name, defaultMAC=mac, defaultIP=ip, dp=self.dps, inNamespace=self.inNamespace ) self.dps += 1 self.switches.append( sw ) self.nameToNode[ name ] = sw return sw def addController( self, controller ): """Add controller. controller: Controller class""" controller = self.controller( 'c0', self.inNamespace ) if controller: # allow controller-less setups self.controllers.append( controller ) self.nameToNode[ 'c0' ] = controller # Control network support: # # Create an explicit control network. Currently this is only # used by the user datapath configuration. # # Notes: # # 1. If the controller and switches are in the same (e.g. root) # namespace, they can just use the loopback connection. # # 2. If we can get unix domain sockets to work, we can use them # instead of an explicit control network. # # 3. Instead of routing, we could bridge or use 'in-band' control. # # 4. Even if we dispense with this in general, it could still be # useful for people who wish to simulate a separate control # network (since real networks may need one!) def configureControlNetwork( self ): "Configure control network." self.configureRoutedControlNetwork() # We still need to figure out the right way to pass # in the control network location. def configureRoutedControlNetwork( self, ip='192.168.123.1', prefixLen=16 ): """Configure a routed control network on controller and switches. For use with the user datapath only right now. """ controller = self.controllers[ 0 ] info( controller.name + ' <->' ) cip = ip snum = ipParse( ip ) for switch in self.switches: info( ' ' + switch.name ) sintf, cintf = createLink( switch, controller ) snum += 1 while snum & 0xff in [ 0, 255 ]: snum += 1 sip = ipStr( snum ) controller.setIP( cintf, cip, prefixLen ) switch.setIP( sintf, sip, prefixLen ) controller.setHostRoute( sip, cintf ) switch.setHostRoute( cip, sintf ) info( '\n' ) info( '*** Testing control network\n' ) while not controller.intfIsUp( cintf ): info( '*** Waiting for', cintf, 'to come up\n' ) sleep( 1 ) for switch in self.switches: while not switch.intfIsUp( sintf ): info( '*** Waiting for', sintf, 'to come up\n' ) sleep( 1 ) if self.ping( hosts=[ switch, controller ] ) != 0: error( '*** Error: control network test failed\n' ) exit( 1 ) info( '\n' ) def configHosts( self ): "Configure a set of hosts." # params were: hosts, ips for host in self.hosts: hintf = host.intfs[ 0 ] host.setIP( hintf, host.defaultIP, self.cparams.prefixLen ) host.setDefaultRoute( hintf ) # You're low priority, dude! quietRun( 'renice +18 -p ' + repr( host.pid ) ) info( host.name + ' ' ) info( '\n' ) def buildFromTopo( self, topo ): """Build mininet from a topology object At the end of this function, everything should be connected and up.""" def addNode( prefix, addMethod, nodeId ): "Add a host or a switch." name = prefix + topo.name( nodeId ) mac = macColonHex( nodeId ) if self.setMacs else None ip = topo.ip( nodeId ) node = addMethod( name, mac=mac, ip=ip ) self.idToNode[ nodeId ] = node info( name + ' ' ) # Possibly we should clean up here and/or validate # the topo if self.cleanup: pass info( '*** Adding controller\n' ) self.addController( self.controller ) info( '*** Creating network\n' ) info( '*** Adding hosts:\n' ) for hostId in sorted( topo.hosts() ): addNode( 'h', self.addHost, hostId ) info( '\n*** Adding switches:\n' ) for switchId in sorted( topo.switches() ): addNode( 's', self.addSwitch, switchId ) info( '\n*** Adding edges:\n' ) for srcId, dstId in sorted( topo.edges() ): src, dst = self.idToNode[ srcId ], self.idToNode[ dstId ] srcPort, dstPort = topo.port( srcId, dstId ) createLink( src, dst, srcPort, dstPort ) info( '(%s, %s) ' % ( src.name, dst.name ) ) info( '\n' ) def build( self ): "Build mininet." if self.topo: self.buildFromTopo( self.topo ) if self.inNamespace: info( '*** Configuring control network\n' ) self.configureControlNetwork() info( '*** Configuring hosts\n' ) self.configHosts() if self.xterms: self.startXterms() if self.autoSetMacs: self.setMacs() if self.autoStaticArp: self.staticArp() def startXterms( self ): "Start an xterm for each node." info( "*** Running xterms on %s\n" % os.environ[ 'DISPLAY' ] ) cleanUpScreens() self.terms += makeXterms( self.controllers, 'controller' ) self.terms += makeXterms( self.switches, 'switch' ) self.terms += makeXterms( self.hosts, 'host' ) def stopXterms( self ): "Kill each xterm." # Kill xterms for term in self.terms: os.kill( term.pid, signal.SIGKILL ) cleanUpScreens() def setMacs( self ): """Set MAC addrs to correspond to default MACs on hosts. Assume that the host only has one interface.""" for host in self.hosts: host.setMAC( host.intfs[ 0 ], host.defaultMAC ) def staticArp( self ): "Add all-pairs ARP entries to remove the need to handle broadcast." for src in self.hosts: for dst in self.hosts: if src != dst: src.setARP( ip=dst.IP(), mac=dst.MAC() ) def start( self ): "Start controller and switches" info( '*** Starting controller\n' ) for controller in self.controllers: controller.start() info( '*** Starting %s switches\n' % len( self.switches ) ) for switch in self.switches: info( switch.name + ' ') switch.start( self.controllers ) info( '\n' ) def stop( self ): "Stop the controller(s), switches and hosts" if self.terms: info( '*** Stopping %i terms\n' % len( self.terms ) ) self.stopXterms() info( '*** Stopping %i hosts\n' % len( self.hosts ) ) for host in self.hosts: info( '%s ' % host.name ) host.terminate() info( '\n' ) info( '*** Stopping %i switches\n' % len( self.switches ) ) for switch in self.switches: info( switch.name ) switch.stop() info( '\n' ) info( '*** Stopping %i controllers\n' % len( self.controllers ) ) for controller in self.controllers: controller.stop() info( '*** Test complete\n' ) def run( self, test, **params ): "Perform a complete start/test/stop cycle." self.start() info( '*** Running test\n' ) result = getattr( self, test )( **params ) self.stop() return result @staticmethod def _parsePing( pingOutput ): "Parse ping output and return packets sent, received." r = r'(\d+) packets transmitted, (\d+) received' m = re.search( r, pingOutput ) if m == None: error( '*** Error: could not parse ping output: %s\n' % pingOutput ) exit( 1 ) sent, received = int( m.group( 1 ) ), int( m.group( 2 ) ) return sent, received def ping( self, hosts=None ): """Ping between all specified hosts. hosts: list of hosts returns: ploss packet loss percentage""" # should we check if running? packets = 0 lost = 0 ploss = None if not hosts: hosts = self.hosts output( '*** Ping: testing ping reachability\n' ) for node in hosts: output( '%s -> ' % node.name ) for dest in hosts: if node != dest: result = node.cmd( 'ping -c1 ' + dest.IP() ) sent, received = self._parsePing( result ) packets += sent if received > sent: error( '*** Error: received too many packets' ) error( '%s' % result ) node.cmdPrint( 'route' ) exit( 1 ) lost += sent - received output( ( '%s ' % dest.name ) if received else 'X ' ) output( '\n' ) ploss = 100 * lost / packets output( "*** Results: %i%% dropped (%d/%d lost)\n" % ( ploss, lost, packets ) ) return ploss def pingAll( self ): """Ping between all hosts. returns: ploss packet loss percentage""" return self.ping() def pingPair( self ): """Ping between first two hosts, useful for testing. returns: ploss packet loss percentage""" hosts = [ self.hosts[ 0 ], self.hosts[ 1 ] ] return self.ping( hosts=hosts ) @staticmethod def _parseIperf( iperfOutput ): """Parse iperf output and return bandwidth. iperfOutput: string returns: result string""" r = r'([\d\.]+ \w+/sec)' m = re.search( r, iperfOutput ) if m: return m.group( 1 ) else: raise Exception( 'could not parse iperf output: ' + iperfOutput ) def iperf( self, hosts=None, l4Type='TCP', udpBw='10M' ): """Run iperf between two hosts. hosts: list of hosts; if None, uses opposite hosts l4Type: string, one of [ TCP, UDP ] returns: results two-element array of server and client speeds""" if not hosts: hosts = [ self.hosts[ 0 ], self.hosts[ -1 ] ] else: assert len( hosts ) == 2 host0, host1 = hosts output( '*** Iperf: testing ' + l4Type + ' bandwidth between ' ) output( "%s and %s\n" % ( host0.name, host1.name ) ) host0.cmd( 'killall -9 iperf' ) iperfArgs = 'iperf ' bwArgs = '' if l4Type == 'UDP': iperfArgs += '-u ' bwArgs = '-b ' + udpBw + ' ' elif l4Type != 'TCP': raise Exception( 'Unexpected l4 type: %s' % l4Type ) server = host0.cmd( iperfArgs + '-s &' ) debug( '%s\n' % server ) client = host1.cmd( iperfArgs + '-t 5 -c ' + host0.IP() + ' ' + bwArgs ) debug( '%s\n' % client ) server = host0.cmd( 'killall -9 iperf' ) debug( '%s\n' % server ) result = [ self._parseIperf( server ), self._parseIperf( client ) ] if l4Type == 'UDP': result.insert( 0, udpBw ) output( '*** Results: %s\n' % result ) return result def iperfUdp( self, udpBw='10M' ): "Run iperf UDP test." return self.iperf( l4Type='UDP', udpBw=udpBw ) def interact( self ): "Start network and run our simple CLI." self.start() result = CLI( self ) self.stop() return result