2018-11-29

Linux Network Virtualization & Open vSwitch 101

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Linux Network Virtualization
• Open vSwitch 101

Requirements

Install VirtualBox v5.1

• Ubuntu 16.04

sudo bash -c 'echo "deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1

• Ubuntu 18.04

sudo bash -c 'echo "deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1

Install vagrant

wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/2.1.1/vagrant_2.1.1_x86_64.deb
sudo dpkg -i vagrant_2.1.1_x86_64.deb
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/vagrant /usr/local/bin/vagrant
vagrant version

Get repo & start the vagrant environment

cd ~/ && git clone https://github.com/sufuf3/hands-on-w-tutorials.git
cd ~/hands-on-w-tutorials/2018-11-29/ && vagrant up --provider=virtualbox

Linux Network Virtualization

• Slides: http://bit.ly/vnet1129

Open vSwitch 101

• Slides: http://bit.ly/ovs1129