Floodlight installation

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This article includes the 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 openvim was installed:

    $ cd ./openvim/..
    $ 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.

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

5. Run it

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