Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Internal/OpenFlow/Controllers/FloodLight

Timestamp:

May 3, 2012, 2:53:32 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

akoshibe

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Internal/OpenFlow/Controllers/FloodLight

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 = The !FloodLight Controller. =
-!FloodLight is an open-source, Java-based controller distributed by Big Switch Networks. 
+!FloodLight is an open-source, Java-based controller maintained by !OpenFlowHub.
 == I. Installation. ==
 The following describes the installation of !FloodLight on an Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) system. Installation is described on their [http://floodlight.openflowhub.org/getting-started/ website], but will be repeated here. If you are using SSH, You may want X11 forwarding to be able to launch Eclipse later on.[[BR]]
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  * Click Finish.
 Once imported, the controller may be run by right-clicking on Controller.java (net.floodlightcontroller.core.internal.Controller.java, found under src/main/java) and choosing Run As -> Java Application. 
+[[BR]][[BR]]
+The learning switch is loaded by default. The controller listens on 0.0.0.0:6633 (host, all interfaces with an IP address).
+
 == II. Adding functionality. ==
 A base tutorial can be found [http://floodlight.openflowhub.org/developing-floodlight/ here]. The rough steps are the following:
- 1. Create a new class under src/main/java, basing it off of a template, if it exists, and 
- 2. Modify Controller.java to include your class. Note - to search for the init() function it is better to look for its whole declaration, `protected void init()`. 
+ 1. Create a new class under src/main/java, basing it off of a template, if it exists 
+ 2. Register the module so that it is loaded at startup. This involves adding the fully qualified module name to two files:
+  * ''' net.floodlight.core.module.IFloodlightModule ''' - list of modules recognized by the loader
+  * ''' floodlightdefault.properties ''' - list of modules to be loaded at startup.
+
+
 
 = The Floodlight VM =