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author | Luca Muscariello <lumuscar+fdio@cisco.com> | 2019-01-17 13:47:57 +0100 |
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committer | Luca Muscariello <lumuscar+fdio@cisco.com> | 2019-01-17 16:32:51 +0100 |
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This is the first commit of the hicn projectv19.01
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diff --git a/libtransport/README.md b/libtransport/README.md new file mode 100755 index 000000000..e7fc267ee --- /dev/null +++ b/libtransport/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +Libtransport: data transport library for hICN +==================================================== + +## Introduction ## + +This library provides transport services and socket API for applications willing to communicate +using the hICN protocol stack. + +Overview: + +- Implementation of the hICN core objects (interest, data, name..) exploiting the API provided by [libhicn](../lib). +- Connectors for connecting the application to either the hicn-plugin or the hicn-light forwarder. +- Transport protocols (RAAQM, CBR, RTP) +- Transport services (authentication, integrity, segmentation, reassembly, naming) +- Interfaces for Applications (from low-level interfaces for interest-data interaction to high level interfaces for Application Data Unit interaction) + +## Build Dependencies ## + +- libparc +- libmemif (linux only, if compiling with VPP support) +- libasio + +### Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04 ### + +```bash + $ echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.master.ubuntu.$(lsb_release -sc).main/ ./" \ + | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/99fd.io.list + $ sudo apt-get install libparc libasio-dev +``` + +If you wish to use the library for connecting to the vpp hicn-plugin, you will need to also install vpp, the vpp libraries and the libmemif libraries: + +- DEB packages: + - vpp + - vpp-lib + - vpp-dev + +You can get them either from from the vpp packages ot the source code. Check the [VPP wiki](https://wiki.fd.io/view/VPP) for instructions. + +Libmemif is in the vpp-lib and vpp-dev packages. + +### Mac OSX ### + +We recommend to use [HomeBrew](https://brew.sh/) for installing the libasio dependency: + +```bash + $ brew install asio +``` + +Download, compile and install libparc: + +```bash + $ git clone -b cframework/master https://gerrit.fd.io/r/cicn cframework && cd cframework + $ mkdir -p libparc.build && cd libparc.build + $ cmake ../libparc + $ make + $ make install +``` + +Libparc will be installed by default under `/usr/local/lib` and `/usr/local/include`. + +Since VPP does not support MAC OS, the hicn-plugin connector is not built. + +## Build The library ## + +From the project root folder: + +```bash + $ cd libtransport + $ mkdir build && cd build + $ cmake .. + $ make +``` +### Compile options ### + +The build process can be customized with the following options: + +- `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`: The path where you want to install the library. +- `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`: The build configuration. Options: `Release`, `Debug`. Default is `Release`. +- `ASIO_HOME`: The folder containing the libasio headers. +- `LIBPARC_HOME`: The folder containing the libparc headers and libraries. +- `VPP_HOME`: The folder containing the installation of VPP. +- `LIBMEMIF_HOME`: The folder containing the libmemif headers and libraries. +- `BUILD_MEMIF_CONNECTOR`: On linux, set this value to `ON` for building the VPP connector. + +An option can be set using cmake -D`OPTION`=`VALUE`. + +Install the library +------------------- + +For installing the library, from the cmake build folder: + +```bash + $ sudo make install +``` + +## Supported platforms + +- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (x86_64) +- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (x86_64) +- Debian Stable/Testing +- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 +- CentOS 7 +- Android 8 +- iOS 12 +- macOS 10.12 +- Windows 10 + +## License ## + +This software is distributed under the following license: + +``` +Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates. +Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); +you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. +You may obtain a copy of the License at: + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + +Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software +distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, +WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. +See the License for the specific language governing permissions and +limitations under the License. +```
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