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Rumba measurement framework for RINA

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# Rumba: A framework to install, bootstrap a RINA network

Rumba is part of ARCFIRE 2020, Work Package 3. It is a framework in Python which allows user to write a Python script to define a RINA network. The physical graph needed for this RINA network is then calculated and realised on one of the supported testbeds. Next, if the user requests this, one of the supported RINA prototypes is installed. The network is then bootstrapped on the available nodes. Finally, the experiment can be swapped out of the testbed. For an example of such a Python script, have a look at the examples/ folder.

## Workflow, both external and internal:

  1. User defines the network graph, creating instances of model.Node and model.DIF classes

  2. User creates an instance of a Testbed class. See below for testbed specific configuration

  3. User creates an instance of prototype.Experiment class, passing the testbed instance and a list of Node instances

  1. At the end of the base Experiment constructor, the generate function is called to generate information about per-node IPCPs, registrations and enrollment, ready to be used by the plugins

  1. User calls methods on the prototype.Experiment instance:

  1. swap_in() swaps the experiment in on the testbed, and fills in the missing information in the model.

  2. install_prototype() installs the chosen prototype on the testbed. Currently an Ubuntu image is assumed.

  3. bootstrap_prototype() calls a prototype-specific setup function, to create the required IPCPs, perform registrations, enrollments, etc.

  4. swap_out() swaps the experiment out of the testbed.

## Installation

For Debian and Ubuntu, the following command will ensure that the required dependencies are installed (replace python-dev with python3-dev if using Python 3):

# apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

Rumba can be found on the [PyPi](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Rumba) and can thus be installed through pip, by using pip install rumba. However, to install the latest version, after cloning the repository, a user can also issue python setup.py install.

## Supported prototypes

  • [IRATI](https://github.com/IRATI/stack) is an open source implementation of the RINA architecture targeted at the OS/Linux system, initially developed by the FP7-IRATI project.

  • [rlite](https://github.com/vmaffione/rlite) is a lightweight Free and Open Source implementation of the Recursive InterNetwork Architecture (RINA) for GNU/Linux operating systems.

  • Ouroboros is a user-space implementation of RINA with a focus on portability. It is written in C89 and works on any POSIX.1-2008 enabled system.

## Supported testbeds

  • [QEMU](http://wiki.qemu-project.org/Main_Page) is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

    A minimal QEMU testbed is defined as follows:

    tb = qemu.Testbed(exp_name = “twolayers”,

    username = “root”, password = “root”)

    A user can optionally also specify the path to a bzImage and to an initramfs. If they are not specified, the latest buildroot image for the specific prototype will be downloaded. (Around 40 MB in size) The login to those images is root/root.

  • [Emulab](https://www.emulab.net/) is a network testbed, giving researchers a wide range of environments in which to develop, debug, and evaluate their systems.

    An emulab testbed instance is defined as follows:

    tb = emulab.Testbed(exp_name = “rochefort10”,

    username = “ricksanchez”)

    A password can also be provided but is not necessary when an SSH key has been added. Optionally, a project name, a different testbed URL and a custom image can be specified.

  • [jFed](http://jfed.iminds.be/) is a Java-based framework for testbed federation.

    In order to use the jFed testbed, a user first needs to download his/her key from [https://authority.ilabt.iminds.be/](https://authority.ilabt.iminds.be/) After logging in, click on Download your certificate. Save the contents in a file (for example cert.pem). A jFed testbed instance is defined as follows:

    tb = jfed.Testbed(exp_name = “rochefort10”,

    username = “ricksanchez”, cert_file = “/home/morty/cert.pem”)

    Here the experiment name is rochefort10, the user’s name is ricksanchez, and the certificate can be found in /home/morty/cert.pem. An absolute path must be used for cert_file. Optionally a custom image can be selected.

    Before running the rumba you must run an SSH agent in same terminal. This will also avoid you having to enter the passphrase for every login to a node by the framework if you are not on an IPv6 enabled network. (Apart from asking for the passphrase to login to the nodes, the framework will always ask for the passphrase since it is needed by the jFed CLI as well.) In order to start an SSH agent and to add the certificate, type the following commands:

    $ eval ssh-agent $ ssh-add /home/morty/cert.pem

## Accessing nodes after swap-in

To access a node once the experiment swapped in, use the following command (in the same terminal where ssh-agent was run in case of jFed):

$ rumba-access $NODE_NAME

Where $NODE_NAME is the name of the node to access.

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