Installing and Running VPP Binaries from Packages¶
If you are simply using vpp, it can be convenient to install the binaries from existing packages. This guide will describe how pull, install and run the VPP packages.
Package Descriptions¶
The following is a brief description of the packages to be installed with VPP.
Prerequisites¶
The following is a list of steps needed before installing VPP on a system.
Installing VPP Binaries¶
Installing on Ubuntu¶
The following are instructions on how to install VPP on Ubuntu.
Installing on Centos¶
The following are instructions on how to install VPP on Centos.
Installing on openSUSE¶
The following are instructions on how to install VPP on openSUSE.
Running VPP¶
The following are tips and notes on how to manage and run VPP once it is installed.
- Running VPP
- ‘vpp’ Usergroup
- VPP Systemd File - ‘vpp.service’
- VPP Configuration File - ‘startup.conf’
- Introduction
- Command-line Arguments
- Configuration File
- Configuration Parameters
- “acl-plugin” Parameters
- “api-queue” Parameters
- “api-segment” Parameters
- “api-trace” Parameters
- “buffers” Parameters
- “cj” Parameters
- “cpu” Parameters
- “dpdk” Parameters
- “dns” Parameters
- “heapsize” Parameters
- “ip” Parameters
- “ip6” Parameters
- “l2learn” Parameters
- “l2tp” Parameters
- “logging” Parameters
- “mactime” Parameters
- “map” Parameters
- “mc” Parameters
- “nat” Parameters
- “oam” Parameters
- “plugins” Parameters
- “plugin_path” Parameters
- “punt” Parameters
- “session” Parameters
- “socketsvr” Parameters
- “stats” Parameters
- “statseg” Parameters
- “tapcli” Parameters
- “tcp” Parameters
- “tls” Parameters
- “tuntap” Parameters
- “unix” Parameters
- “vhost-user” Parameters
- “vlib” Parameters