Python Network Programming

Getting ready

In this recipe, we use Containernet as an example to show how to extend Mininet for more use cases, while using Containernet to show a simple emulation with Docker containers as hosts in Mininet. More complex Mininet algorithms can be run on Containernet, along with its capabilities to run containers as hosts.

First, install Containernet in your computer. Since Containernet uses Ansible for this, you need to install it before:

$ sudo apt-get install ansible git aptitude 
$ sudo vim /etc/ansible/hosts 
  

Add: localhost ansible_connection=local

Now, to actually install Containernet:

$ git clone https://github.com/containernet/containernet.git 
$ cd containernet/ansible 
$ sudo ansible-playbook install.yml
  

Alternatively, you may ...