> On 19 Jan 2017, at 13:58, Damjan Marion <dmarion.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 19 Jan 2017, at 00:27, Ronald van der Pol <ronald.vander...@rvdp.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 22:40:27 +0100, Damjan Marion wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> On 18 Jan 2017, at 16:45, Ronald van der Pol <ronald.vander...@rvdp.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> How can I setup a topology with multiple VPP instances? What are the
>>>> options? Preferably on 1 VM. Pointers?
>>>>
>>>> I would like to run traffic through multiple VPPs and test with
>>>> IPv6 segment routing.
>>>
>>> Simple, but not high-performing solution is to use native af_packet
>>> interface.
>>> It works even with vpp_lite image. You basically need to create pair of
>>> linux veth interfaces
>>> and then use “create host-interface name <linux-if-name>" to create vpp
>>> interface which
>>> is attached to host veth interface.
>>>
>>> Another option is netmap pipe. It is faster but it requires out-of-tree
>>> kernel module.
>>
>> Sorry, I do not understand. This is how I could create the interfaces, right?
>> But how can I start multiple VPPs on a single server (or VM)? I tried
>> running a VPP in a namespace on a VB VM, but that completely froze my Mac.
>
> Ah, sorry, I thought basics work and you are looking for interface between 2
> instances.
>
> That should just work, only trick is to specify:
>
> api-segment { prefix /unique/path }
Forgot to mention, you need to use vpp_lite, as with dpdk there will be
collision due to hugepage mounts and other file mapped shared memory.
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