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Learning OpenDaylight

You're reading from   Learning OpenDaylight A gateway to SDN (Software-Defined Networking) and NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) ecosystem

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782174523
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Reza Toghraee Reza Toghraee
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to SDN - Transformation from Legacy to SDN 2. Overview of OpenDaylight FREE CHAPTER 3. OpenDaylight Installation and Deployment 4. Building a Virtual SDN Test Lab with Virtual Switches 5. Basic Networking with OpenDaylight 6. Overview of OpenDaylight Applications 7. Building SDN Applications for OpenDaylight 8. Network Function Virtualization 9. Building a Software-Driven Data Center with OpenDaylight

Standalone installation


OK! Let's start with our first standalone installation of ODL. I have discussed most of the basic Linux commands as many of you with networking background might not have experience in using them.

Also, I have created a virtual machine and have installed Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS. I have enabled SSH as well:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo service ssh start

The following screenshot illustrates the virtual machine I used for installing ODL:

We have a user created, named learningodl:

To create the user and add it to the sudo group, run the following commands:

sudo adduser learningodl
sudo usermod -aG sudo learningodl
su - learningodl

IP address settings

I have allocated the following IP address schema for the virtual machine:

IP Address: 192.168.20.51

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

To set the IP address on Ubuntu, you need to modify the interfaces file under /etc/network/.

Use the following command to edit the interfaces file:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

The following...

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