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| author |   John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com> | 2018-07-26 12:45:10 -0400 |
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| committer |   Dave Barach <openvpp@barachs.net> | 2018-07-26 18:34:47 +0000 |
| commit | 06dcd45ff81e06bc8cf40ed487c0b2652d346a5a (patch) | |
| tree | 71403f9d422c4e532b2871a66ab909bd6066b10b /docs/gettingstarted/users/configutil/usingvppconfig.rst | |
| parent | 1d65279ffecd0f540288187b94cb1a6b84a7a0c6 (diff) | |
Initial commit of Sphinx docs
Change-Id: I9fca8fb98502dffc2555f9de7f507b6f006e0e77
Signed-off-by: John DeNisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>
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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/users/configutil/usingvppconfig.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/users/configutil/usingvppconfig.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4f1ce6c3c30 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/users/configutil/usingvppconfig.rst @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.. _usingvppconfig.rst: + +******* +Running +******* + +The vpp-config utility provides the user with several different menus. This allows the +user to configure ports, some performance characteristics, the number of huge pages +and install/uninstall the released FD.io packages. + +It is recommended that the menu options are executed in this order. + +#. :ref:`4) List/Install/Uninstall VPP <config-command-four>` +#. :ref:`1) Show basic system information <config-command-one>` +#. :ref:`2) Dry Run <config-command-two>` +#. :ref:`3) Full Configuration <config-command-three>` + +Once vpp-config is installed as a root user execute the following + +.. code-block:: console + + $ sudo -H bash + # vpp-config + + Welcome to the VPP system configuration utility + + These are the files we will modify: + /etc/vpp/startup.conf + /etc/sysctl.d/80-vpp.conf + /etc/default/grub + + Before we change them, we'll create working copies in /usr/local/vpp/vpp-config/dryrun + Please inspect them carefully before applying the actual configuration (option 3)! + + What would you like to do? + + 1) Show basic system information + 2) Dry Run (Will save the configuration files in /usr/local/vpp/vpp-config/dryrun for inspection) + 4) List/Install/Uninstall VPP. + q) Quit + + Command: + +Default Values +============== + +If you do not choose to modify the default for any of the questions prompted by vpp-config, +you may press the ENTER key to select the default options: + +* Questions that ask [Y/n], the capital letter Y is the default answer. +* Numbers have their default within brackets, such as in [1024], the 1024 is the default. |