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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/users/running/index.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/users/running/index.rst deleted file mode 100644 index b36773e6b43..00000000000 --- a/docs/gettingstarted/users/running/index.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -.. _running: - -Running VPP -=========== - -.. toctree:: - -'vpp' Usergroup ---------------- - -When VPP is installed, a new usergroup *'vpp'* is created. To avoid running the -VPP CLI (vppctl) as root, add any existing users to the new group that need to -interact with VPP: - -.. code-block:: console - - $ sudo usermod -a -G vpp user1 - -Update your current session for the group change to take effect: - -.. code-block:: console - - $ newgrp vpp - - -VPP Systemd File - 'vpp.service' --------------------------------- - -When the VPP is installed, a systemd service files is also installed. This -file, vpp.service (Ubuntu: /lib/systemd/system/vpp.service and CentOS: -/usr/lib/systemd/system/vpp.service), controls how VPP is run as a service. For -example, whether or not to restart on failure and if so, with how much delay. -Also, which UIO driver should be loaded and location of the *'startup.conf'* -file. - -.. code-block:: console - - $ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/vpp.service - [Unit] - Description=Vector Packet Processing Process - After=syslog.target network.target auditd.service - - [Service] - ExecStartPre=-/bin/rm -f /dev/shm/db /dev/shm/global_vm /dev/shm/vpe-api - ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe uio_pci_generic - ExecStart=/usr/bin/vpp -c /etc/vpp/startup.conf - Type=simple - Restart=on-failure - RestartSec=5s - - [Install] - WantedBy=multi-user.target - -.. note:: - - Some older versions of the *'uio_pci_generic'* driver don't bind all - the supported NICs properly, so the *'igb_uio'* driver built from DPDK - needs to be installed. This file controls which driver is loaded at boot. - *'startup.conf'* file controls which driver is used. |