Floodlight installation - javimg89/openmano GitHub Wiki

This article includes thee steps to install Floodlight 0.90 Openflow controller. #Installation# Follow these steps to install a Floodlight Openflow Controller:

1. Download from its official page into the parent directory where openmano is installed

    $ cd ./openmano/..
    $ wget https://github.com/floodlight/floodlight/archive/v0.90.tar.gz
   

2. Install the required Java JDK and Ant packages at the VM

    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential default-jdk ant python-dev # or sudo yum install
   

3. Untar and compile floodlight

    $ tar xvzf v0.90.tar.gz
    $ cd floodlight-0.90
    $ ant
   

4. Edit the following configuration files in case you want to change the listening ports.

    # ./openmano/scripts/flow.properties
    # ./openmano/scripts/flow-logback.xml
   

5. Run it

    #using the script ...
    $ ./openmano/scripts/service-openmano.sh openflow start 
    # it launches floodlight inside a screen. Youy need to have floodlight and openmano from the same parent folder
    #
    # ... or execute manually with
    $ java  -Dlogback.configurationFile=openmano/scripts/flow-logback.xml \
      -jar floodlight-0.90/target/floodlight.jar -cf openmano/scripts/flow.properties