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authorandrew <andrew.olechtchouk@gmail.com>2018-08-06 00:25:33 -0400
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+.. _running_vpp:
+
+.. toctree::
+
+Running VPP
+===========
+
+After build the VPP binaries, there a several to run the images you've built. These is useful when
+if you need to run VPP without installing the packages. For instance if you want to run VPP with GDB.
+
+Without GDB
+_________________________
+
+To run the VPP images, that you've build without GDB.
+
+Running the release image:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # make run-release
+ #
+
+With GDB
+_________________________
+
+With the following commands you can run VPP and then be dropped into the GDB prompt.
+
+Running the release image:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # make debug-release
+ (gdb)
+
+Running the debug image:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ # make debug
+ (gdb)