Installing and tasting OpenDaylight Beryllium-SR2 [ODL-BE] and Mininet

What we need:
1. CentOS 6.5 [x64] VM

To host OpenDaylight Controller

1vCPU
2GB vRAM
16GB HD
IP: 192.168.1.222/24
2. Mininet VM

SW platform

http://downloads.mininet.org/mininet-2.2.1-150420-ubuntu-14.04server-amd64.zip
3. OpenDaylight Beryllium-SR2 Pre-build
https://nexus.opendaylight.org/content/groups/public/org/opendaylight/
integration/distribution-karaf/0.4.2-Beryllium-SR2/distribution-karaf0.4.2-Beryllium-SR2.tar.gz
4. Open JDK
java-1.8.0-openjdk
java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
Steps;
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]

Install CentOS 6.5 [Select Web Server] this will install apache
Copy [use winscp] ODL-BE.tar file to users [root] document directry
tar xvf distribution-karaf-0.4.2-Beryllium-SR2.tar.gz
Download java and run
#yum -y install java-1.8.0-openjdk java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
root@opendl bin]# yum -y install java-1.8.0-openjdk java-1.8.0openjdk-devel
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: centos.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au
* extras: centos.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au
* updates: centos.mirror.serversaustralia.com.au
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check

---> Package java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64 1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8 will be

installed
--> Processing Dependency: java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless =
1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8 for package: 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.1013.b13.el6_8.x86_64
---> Package java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel.x86_64 1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8
will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless.x86_64 1:1.8.0.1013.b13.el6_8 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: tzdata-java >= 2014f-1 for package:
1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package tzdata-java.noarch 0:2013g-1.el6 will be updated
---> Package tzdata-java.noarch 0:2016f-1.el6 will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package
Arch
Version
Repository
Size
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Installing:
java-1.8.0-openjdk
x86_64
1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8
updates
197 k
java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
x86_64
1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8
updates
10 M
Installing for dependencies:
java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless
x86_64
1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8
updates
32 M
Updating for dependencies:
tzdata-java
noarch
2016f-1.el6
updates
180 k
Transaction Summary
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Install
3 Package(s)
Upgrade
1 Package(s)
Total download size: 42 M

Downloading Packages:
(1/4): java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
| 197 kB
00:00
(2/4): java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
| 10 MB
00:29
(3/4): java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64.rpm
| 32 MB
01:31
(4/4): tzdata-java-2016f-1.el6.noarch.rpm
| 180 kB
00:00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total
350 kB/s | 42 MB
02:03
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : tzdata-java-2016f-1.el6.noarch
1/5
Installing : 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.1013.b13.el6_8.x86_64
2/5
Installing : 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64
3/5
Installing : 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64
4/5
Cleanup : tzdata-java-2013g-1.el6.noarch
5/5
Verifying : tzdata-java-2016f-1.el6.noarch
1/5
Verifying : 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64
2/5
Verifying : 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.1013.b13.el6_8.x86_64
3/5
Verifying : 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8.x86_64
4/5
Verifying : tzdata-java-2013g-1.el6.noarch
5/5
Installed:
java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64 1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8
java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel.x86_64 1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8
Dependency Installed:
java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless.x86_64 1:1.8.0.101-3.b13.el6_8
Dependency Updated:
tzdata-java.noarch 0:2016f-1.el6

Complete!
[root@opendl bin]#
[5]

Set Java Home

[root@opendl bin]# alternatives --config java

There are 4 programs which provide 'java'.
Selection Command
----------------------------------------------1
/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java
+2
/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
3
/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
* 4
/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: 4
[root@opendl bin]# java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_101"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_101-b13)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.101-b13, mixed mode)
[root@opendl bin]#
[root@opendl bin]#
[root@opendl bin]#
[root@opendl bin]#
Export JAVA HOME - set this on user profile
[root@opendl bin]# export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0openjdk.x86_64/bin/java

Go to ODL BE folder and run

./distribution-karaf-0.4.0-Beryllium/bin/karaf

List and install features

feature:list -i
feature:install odl-l2switch-switch
feature:install odl-dlux-all
In Mininet VM console;
#sudo mn --controller=remote,ip=192.168.1.100 \
--topo=linear,2
--switch=ovsk,protocols=OpenFlow13

Open ODL-BE Web console

User / Pass : admin/admin