If you want to take it to the next level, and do a great service to your fellow man, I would encourage you to update the tutorial to use:
https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.10/clicmd_src_plugins_memif.html to interconnect the various vpp instances :) Ed On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Ed Warnicke <hagb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Justin, > > I've fixed the tutorial in this area: > > https://wiki.fd.io/view/VPP/Progressive_VPP_Tutorial > > Here's the net net. Damjan improved the vppctl, rewriting it in C, and > having it talk over a file socket to vpp. This is goodness. It does mean > you do the multi-vpp instance thing a bit differently though: > > sudo vpp unix {cli-listen /run/vpp/cli-vpp1.sock} api-segment { prefix > vpp1 } > > sudo vppctl -s /run/vpp/cli-vpp1.sock > > Thanks for asking, it prompted me to fix the tutorial :) > > Ed > > On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Justin Iurman <justin.iur...@ulg.ac.be> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Is it still possible to run multiple instances of VPP, just like it was >> done with VPP-lite (see here: https://wiki.fd.io/view/VPP/Pr >> ogressive_VPP_Tutorial) before merging it ? >> >> Actually, my problem is the following. I need to run several instances of >> VPP (eg. vpp1, vpp2, vpp3, etc) to simulate a topology. But, for some >> reason, I'm not able to make it work as expected. I've already disabled >> DPDK plugin to run in "lite" mode. Could it be a configuration issue ? VPP >> startup.conf: >> >> unix { >> nodaemon >> log /tmp/vpp.log >> full-coredump >> cli-listen /run/vpp/cli.sock >> gid vpp >> } >> >> api-trace { >> on >> } >> >> api-segment { >> gid vpp >> } >> >> plugins { >> plugin dpdk_plugin.so { disable } >> } >> >> I tried to compare both VPP and VPP-lite. A first observation showed that >> VPP is installed as a service, which is not the case for VPP-lite. I've >> also compared both config files. Here is VPP-lite startup.conf: >> >> unix { >> nodaemon >> log /tmp/vpp.log >> full-coredump >> } >> >> api-trace { >> on >> } >> >> api-segment { >> gid vpp >> } >> >> Currently, here is how I try to mimic VPP-lite behavior with VPP: >> >> sudo vpp api-segment { prefix vpp1 } unix { cli-listen >> /run/vpp/cli.vpp1.sock } >> sudo vppctl -s /run/vpp/cli.vpp1.sock >> >> It works for one instance, but not for more, even if it does not throw >> any error. Do you have any idea on how to proceed or what is wrong here ? >> >> Thanks ! >> >> Justin >> _______________________________________________ >> vpp-dev mailing list >> vpp-dev@lists.fd.io >> https://lists.fd.io/mailman/listinfo/vpp-dev >> > >
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