Distributed network emulation with MaxiNet

Mininet requires a large amount of resources to emulate large networks. Hence, it is not always feasible to emulate a complex system using Mininet in a single computer or server within a given time. MaxiNet attempts to address this by extending Mininet, and thus enabling an efficient distributed execution on a cluster. In this recipe, we will look into configuring MaxiNet in a cluster and emulating a network in the cluster using MaxiNet.

Getting ready

First, get the MaxiNet installer to all the servers that you would like to install it:

$ wget https://github.com/MaxiNet/MaxiNet/raw/v1.0/installer.sh

Make sure you can sudo without entering a password for the user. In Ubuntu, this can be done by adding the following line to the /etc/sudoers file:

myusername ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL      

Here, replace myusername with your username.

Now if you type:

$ sudo su

It should not ask for the password.

You will have to install python-setuptools, or upgrade it with pip...