> On 19 Jan 2017, at 00:27, Ronald van der Pol <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 22:40:27 +0100, Damjan Marion wrote:
>
>>
>>> On 18 Jan 2017, at 16:45, Ronald van der Pol <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> How can I setup a topology with multiple VPP instances? What are the
>>> options? Preferably on 1 VM. Pointers?
>>>
>>> I would like to run traffic through multiple VPPs and test with
>>> IPv6 segment routing.
>>
>> Simple, but not high-performing solution is to use native af_packet
>> interface.
>> It works even with vpp_lite image. You basically need to create pair of
>> linux veth interfaces
>> and then use “create host-interface name <linux-if-name>" to create vpp
>> interface which
>> is attached to host veth interface.
>>
>> Another option is netmap pipe. It is faster but it requires out-of-tree
>> kernel module.
>
> Sorry, I do not understand. This is how I could create the interfaces, right?
> But how can I start multiple VPPs on a single server (or VM)? I tried
> running a VPP in a namespace on a VB VM, but that completely froze my Mac.
Ah, sorry, I thought basics work and you are looking for interface between 2
instances.
That should just work, only trick is to specify:
api-segment { prefix /unique/path }
Hope this helps,
Damjan
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