SDN Hub created a starter kit tutorial VM, which comprises various components that will facilitate SDN development.
The VM is Ubuntu 64-bit based, which is preinstalled with various software and tools. Some of the tools installed are as follows:
- Controllers: OpenDaylight, ONOS, RYU, Floodlight, Floodlight-OF1.3, POX, and Trema
- Open VSwitch 2.3, which also supports OpenFlow 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4, LINC Switch
- Mininet
- Pyretic
- Wireshark 1.12.1 with native support for OpenFlow parsing
- JDK 1.8, Eclipse Luna, and Maven 3.3
The VM can be downloaded from https://github.com/PacktPublishing/-Software-Defined-Networking-with-OpenFlow.
The preceding screenshot shows the layout of the VM with Wireshark open and Mininet started.
The username and password for the VM is Ubuntu. Start your applications such as Wireshark and Mininet using the sudo command, for example, sudo wireshark & and sudo mn.