Ubuntu 6.02

Installing VNUML 1.7.0 over a fresh Ubuntu 6.02 TLS distribution

Installation steps:

1 - Do the normal installation from Ubuntu CD.

2 - Activate Ubuntu community package sources (universe). They are necesary to install some of the packages VNUML depends on. You can do it by one of two methods:

* Editing /etc/apt/sources.list and uncommenting the "deb ..." lines that end with "universe", or   * Starting "synaptic" application (you can find it in System|Administration menu) and going to "Configuration|Repositories" menu option and selecting the the community repositories (universe).

3 - Update and upgrade the system:

> sudo su    	> apt-get update > apt-get upgrade Note: remember that in Ubuntu when you issue a command preceded by sudo you have to type your own password, not the root one, which is disabled. You should restart the system after upgrading, as a new version of the kernel is installed. 4 - Install development utils and vlan support (optional):

> apt-get -y install build-essential vlan 5 - Install VNUML related utilities and perl libraries:

> apt-get install bridge-utils uml-utilities > apt-get -y install libmodule-build-perl liberror-perl libexception-class-perl libxml-dom-perl libxml-checker-perl libterm-readkey-perl libnet-pcap-perl libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl libnetaddr-ip-perl

Net::IPv6Addr perl module is not avalaible as debian package, so it has to be installed using MCPAN: > perl -MCPAN -e "install Net::IPv6Addr" (answer "NO" if asked "Are you ready for manual configuration?". Answer the default option to other questions). 6 - Download the latest version of VNUML from http://www.dit.upm.es/vnuml and:

> tar xfvz vnuml-1.7.0-1.tar.gz	> cd vnuml-1.7.0-1 > ./configure > make > make install

7 - Download root filesystem (root_fs_tutorial-0.4.1.bz2) from VNUML sourceforge site and copy it to /usr/local/share/vnuml/filesystems. Create a symbolic link to it named "root_fs_tutorial": > cp root_fs_tutorial-0.4.1.bz2 /usr/local/share/vnuml/filesystems > cd /usr/local/share/vnuml/filesystems > bunzip2 root_fs_tutorial-0.4.1.bz2 > ln -s root_fs_tutorial-0.4.1 root_fs_tutorial 8 - Download guest kernel (linux-2.6.XXXX.tar.bz2) from VNUML sourceforge site and copy it to /usr/local/share/vnuml/kernels/src. Untar the file, copy the kernel and create a symbolic link to it:

> mkdir /usr/local/share/vnuml/kernels/src > cp linux-2.6.XXXX.tar.bz2 /usr/local/share/vnuml/kernels/src > cd /usr/local/share/vnuml/kernels/src > tar xfvj linux-2.6.XXXX.tar.bz2 > cp linux-2.6.XXXX/linux-2.6.XXXX .. > cd .. > ln -s linux-2.6.XXXX linux 8 - Create ssh key:

> ssh-keygen -t rsa1 9 - Installation is finished. Launch the "simple" example to see if everything works:

> vnumparser.pl -t /usr/local/share/vnuml/examples/simple.xml -v Note: if you execute the example from a "root" session, you should add the option "-u root" at the end of the line. There are some bugs in 1.6.1-1 version that prevent a simulation to work when executed as "vnuml" user (the default when you do not use -u option) from a root session. Alternatively, you can execute the command "xhost +local:" to allow local X-windows connections.

Installing host kernel with SKAS patch --

VNUML works well over the standard kernel that comes with Ubuntu (using SKAS 0 mode). However, if you want to improve the performance, you can install the the SKAS 3 patch to the kernel. To do that:

1 - Install kernel sources and some system utilities:

> apt-get install linux-source libncurses5-dev initrd-tools

2 - Download SKAS3 patch from Blaisorblade's server and apply it to kernel sources:

> cd /usr/src > wget http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/skas3-2.6/skas-2.6.15-v8.2/skas-2.6.15-v8.2.patch.bz2 > tar xfvj linux-source-2.6.15.tar.bz2 > cd linux-source-2.6.15 > bzcat ../skas-2.6.15-v8.2.patch.bz2 | patch -p1

3 - Configure, compile and install the new kernel:

> make oldconfig > make (Note: I´ve got an error related to "drivers/usb/net/zd1211/zddevlist.h"; to solve it, do a "make menuconfig" and desactivate support for that usb card in "Device drivers|USB support|USB network adapters") > make modules > make modules_install > make install Note: make install fails and does neither generate initrd file nor configure grub. Do it by hand: > mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6-15.7-ubuntu1-skas3-v8.2 2.6-15.7-ubuntu1-skas3-v8.2 And edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add a new entry for the new kernel like (this is just an example; change the parameters as appropriate to your system): title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-skas3-v8.2 root		(hd0,3) kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-skas3-v8.2 root=/dev/hda4 ro quiet splash initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15.7-ubuntu1-skas3-v8.2 savedefault boot