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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

Integrating a Mininet virtual switch with OpenDaylight


Let's start building a Mininet topology with one switch and two hosts. Before we start, ensure your OpenDaylight instance is up and running and you can access it via the web interface; verify that you can successfully log in as well.

If for any reason you are unable to log in to your OpenDaylight web interface, go back to your installation steps and review the configuration or perform a fresh installation.

Now a quick flashback to Chapter 3, OpenDaylight Installation and Deployment. If you are reinstalling OpenDaylight, ensure you are extracting the OpenDaylight instance from the original TAR file. Run /opt/OpenDayLight/boron/bin/karaf for the first time. After landing on Karaf (OpenDaylight) Command Prompt, run the following command:

>feature:install odl-dlux-all odl-restconf odl-l2switch-switch odl-mdsal-apidocs

This command will install all the required modules to enable OpenDaylight to work as a basic SDN controller. The OpenDaylight...

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