= Perfsonar and BWCTL = == Setup Perfsonar == Installing perfsonar will take some time. Therefore we will give you a .ova file which you can import to your virtualbox. This will give youa vm with perfsonar installed. - Please download the .ova file. Note down the location. [http://192.248.4.49/NetMon/centos--perfsonar4.0.1--NMM.ova download] - Go to the location where file is downloaded and double click the file. - You will get a window asking whether you need to import. check the '''Reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards''' check box and Click '''import''' - Click '''agree''' to the conditions. - It will take some time to import. After a while you will get a perfsonar instant in your virtulbox. - Select the VM and click '''Settings'''. Go to '''Network'''. In adapter 1 Select '''Bridged Adapter''' in the Attached to: drop down list. and Select the correct network interface (Which you are using). Click '''Ok'''. - Now start the VM and Log in as '''root''' password is . - Once you log in it will ask you to create a user for web administration. Give the username as '''admin'''. Give the password as class password. - Then it will ask whether you want to disable root ssh log in and create a ssh user. hit '''enter'''. Give your name as the username. Give password as . - Give the following Command. and find out your network interface name {{{ ifconfig }}} - You will get something like this. Which tells that your interface name is '''enp0s3''' {{{ enp0s3: flags=4163 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe06:dbb5 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20 ether 08:00:27:06:db:b5 txqueuelen 10000 (Ethernet) RX packets 48606 bytes 5307960 (5.0 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 17461 bytes 1943813 (1.8 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 }}} - Now edit the '''/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-''' and add the following lines. You can find your perfsonar IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses from the [wiki:2017netmonipallocation table] {{{ IPADDR= GATEWAY=192.248.6.254 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 DNS1=192.248.1.161 IPV6ADDR= IPV6_DEFAULTGW=2401:dd00:1032:2::ffff }}} - Find the following line {{{ BOOTPROTO="dhcp" }}} and change it to {{{ BOOTPROTO="static" }}} - Restart network service {{{ systemctl stop NetworkManager systemctl disable NetworkManager systemctl restart network }}} Now you can access the web interface == Web interface == - Open a web browser in your host pc and give the IP address of you perfsonar VM. You will get the perfsonar toolkit. - Log in to the toolkit by by clicking the log in button. Give username as '''admin''' and password as '''''' - Let set up the NTP. To do that, Click '''Configure''' button and Click the '''Host'''. Click the '''Select the closest servers''' and it will show you some closest servers. Click '''Save'''. [[Image(https://ws.learn.ac.lk/raw-attachment/wiki/netmon2017perfsonar/ps1.png)]] - Then Let's configure server details. Click the '''Administrative Information'''. Fill the following details. and Click '''Save''' -- Organization Name : LEARN -- City : Peradeniya -- Country : Sri Lanka -- !State/Province : Kandy -- !ZIP/Postal Code : 22000 -- Administrator Name : -- Administrator Email : -- Node Role : NREN -- Node Access Policy : Private -- Communities : LEARN == Testing with Perfsonar == Lets do a ping test with perfsonar. - First Click '''Configure''' and click '''Test''' tab. - Then Click '''+Test''' button and you will get the '''Test parameters''' page . [[Image(https://ws.learn.ac.lk/raw-attachment/wiki/netmon2017perfsonar/ps4.png)]] - Select '''ping''' from '''Type''' drop down list. - Set the following details * Test name/description : Test with * Interface : Default * Time between tests : 5 * Units : minutes * Packets per test : 10 * Hostname/IP : * Host description : - Click '''Ok''' [[Image(https://ws.learn.ac.lk/raw-attachment/wiki/netmon2017perfsonar/ps3.png)]] - Click '''Save''' - You will the created test now appears in dashboard. Check for the values.