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+.. _vppinaws:
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+.. toctree::
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+VPP in AWS
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+Warning: before starting this guide you should have a minimum knowledge on how `AWS works <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts.html>`_!
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+First of all, you should log into your Virtual Machine inside AWS (we suggest to create an instance with Ubuntu 16.04 on a m5 type) and download some useful packages to make VPP installation as smooth as possible: 
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ sudo apt-get update
+ $ sudo apt-get upgrade
+ $ sudo apt-get install build-essential
+ $ sudo apt-get install python-pip
+ $ sudo apt-get install libnuma-dev
+ $ sudo apt-get install make
+ $ sudo apt install libelf-dev
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+Afterwards, types the following commands to install VPP:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/fdio/1807/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
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+In this case we downloaded VPP version 18.07 but actually you can use any VPP version available. Then, you can install VPP with all of its plugins: 
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ sudo apt-get update
+ $ sudo apt-get install vpp
+ $ sudo apt-get install vpp-plugins vpp-dbg vpp-dev vpp-api-java vpp-api-python vpp-api-lua
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+Now, you need to bind the NICs (Network Card Interface) to VPP. Firstly you have the retrieve the PCI addresses of the NICs you want to bind:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ sudo lshw -class network -businfo
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+The PCI addresses have a format similar to this: 0000:00:0X.0. Once you retrieve them, you should copy them inside the startup file of VPP:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ sudo nano /etc/vpp/startup.conf
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+Here, inside the dpdk block, copy the PCI addresses of the NIC you want to bind to VPP.
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+.. code-block:: console
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+  dev 0000:00:0X.0
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+Now you should install DPDK package. This will allow to bind the NICs to VPP through a script available inside the DPDK package:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $  wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.08.tar.xz
+ $  tar -xvf dpdk-18.08.tar.xz
+ $  cd ~/dpdk-18.08/usertools/
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+and open the script:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ ./dpdk-setup.sh
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+When the script is running, you should be able to execute several options. For the moment, just  install  T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc and then close the script. Now go inside:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ cd ~/dpdk-18.08/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/
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+and type:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ sudo modprobe uio
+ $ sudo insmod kmod/igb_uio.ko
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+In this way, the PCIs  addresses should appear inside the setup file of DPDK and therefore you  can bind them:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ ./dpdk-setup.sh
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+Inside the script, bind the NICs using the option 24.
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+Finally restart VPP and the NICs should appear inside VPP CLI:
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+.. code-block:: console
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+ $ sudo service vpp stop
+ $ sudo service vpp start
+ $ sudo vppctl show int
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