Tenjin SDN

Tenjin is The software-defined networking framework written in Rust, offering high performance and memory safety. It can be used as both a framework and a command line tool.

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• Installation to your project
• Installation as Command line program
• Cli usage
• Run The example controller
• Mininet

Installation to your project

Normal install includes full feature by default.

cargo add tenjin_sdn

if you pefer to use only needed library with lightweight and faster compile.

some features needed dependencies you might be not using,which can cause slow compilation. Using only features you needed can decrease number of dependencies you need to compile.

cargo install tenjin_sdn --no-default-features 

if you need to use example controller, add -F example flag to command.

Install Tokio

Tenjin is asynchronous,so for using it, you need to make your main function be async by using tokio. install tokio with command below.

cargo add tokio

Installation as Command line program

With Tenjin as cli you can run The example controller with your terminal without writing any code. (see example controller at ./src/example)

Install Rust

first, you need rust and cargo to install Tenjin as comand line program. go to official website for installation.

official webpage installation

or run this command below. (For macOS, Linux, or another Unix-like OS)

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Install Tenjin

after installing rust and cargo, you can use command below to install Tenjin.

cargo install tenjin_sdn 

Cli usage

Run Controller by default (Controller13 with OpenFlow 1.3)

tenjin run

Run Controller10 with Openflow 1.0

tenjin run ctrl10

Run with specific port

tenjin run --port 6653

tenjin run --port 6653,6633

Show details of run command

tenjin run --help

Run The example controller

After you install tenjin_sdn to your project with feature example, you can run example controller with this code below.

Openflow 1.3

use tenjin::{example, openflow::ofp13::ControllerFrame13};

fn main() {
    let controller = example::Controller13::new();
    controller.listener("127.0.0.1:6633");
}

Openflow 1.0

use tenjin::{example, openflow::ofp10::ControllerFrame10};

fn main() {
    let controller = example::Controller10::new();
    controller.listener("127.0.0.1:6633");
}

Mininet

Mininet is a network emulator to create virtual networks for rapid prototyping of Software-Defined. Using mininet for testing this SDN Framework.

Run Mininet with Openflow 1.3

sudo mn --controller=remote,ip=127.0.0.1 --mac --switch=ovsk,protocols=OpenFlow13 --topo=tree,2

Run Mininet with Openflow 1.0

sudo mn --controller=remote,ip=127.0.0.1 --mac --switch=ovsk,protocols=OpenFlow10 --topo=tree,2

Learning resources

• Openflow 1.3 Document
• rust_ofp
• awesome-sdn
• ryu
• learn-sdn-with-ryu