From 9ad39c026c8a3c945a7003c4aa4f5cb1d4c80160 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Skrzypczak Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:38:06 +0200 Subject: docs: better docs, mv doxygen to sphinx This patch refactors the VPP sphinx docs in order to make it easier to consume for external readers as well as VPP developers. It also makes sphinx the single source of documentation, which simplifies maintenance and operation. Most important updates are: - reformat the existing documentation as rst - split RELEASE.md and move it into separate rst files - remove section 'events' - remove section 'archive' - remove section 'related projects' - remove section 'feature by release' - remove section 'Various links' - make (Configuration reference, CLI docs, developer docs) top level items in the list - move 'Use Cases' as part of 'About VPP' - move 'Troubleshooting' as part of 'Getting Started' - move test framework docs into 'Developer Documentation' - add a 'Contributing' section for gerrit, docs and other contributer related infos - deprecate doxygen and test-docs targets - redirect the "make doxygen" target to "make docs" Type: refactor Change-Id: I552a5645d5b7964d547f99b1336e2ac24e7c209f Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak Signed-off-by: Andrew Yourtchenko --- docs/usecases/containers/containerCreation.rst | 125 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 125 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/usecases/containers/containerCreation.rst (limited to 'docs/usecases/containers/containerCreation.rst') diff --git a/docs/usecases/containers/containerCreation.rst b/docs/usecases/containers/containerCreation.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..bb116883e7d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/usecases/containers/containerCreation.rst @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +.. _containerCreation: + +.. toctree:: + +Creating Containers +___________________ + +Make sure you have gone through :ref:`installingVPP` on the system you want to create containers on. + +After VPP is installed, get root privileges with: + +.. code-block:: console + + $ sudo bash + +Then install packages for containers such as lxc: + +.. code-block:: console + + # apt-get install bridge-utils lxc + +As quoted from the `lxc.conf manpage `_, "container configuration is held in the config stored in the container's directory. +A basic configuration is generated at container creation time with the default's recommended for the chosen template as well as extra default keys coming from the default.conf file." + +"That *default.conf* file is either located at /etc/lxc/default.conf or for unprivileged containers at ~/.config/lxc/default.conf." + +Since we want to ping between two containers, we'll need to **add to this file**. + +Look at the contents of *default.conf*, which should initially look like this: + +.. code-block:: console + + # cat /etc/lxc/default.conf + lxc.network.type = veth + lxc.network.link = lxcbr0 + lxc.network.flags = up + lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:xx:xx:xx + +As you can see, by default there is one veth interface. + +Now you will *append to this file* so that each container you create will have an interface for a Linux bridge and an unconsumed second interface. + +You can do this by piping *echo* output into *tee*, where each line is separated with a newline character *\\n* as shown below. Alternatively, you can manually add to this file with a text editor such as **vi**, but make sure you have root privileges. + +.. code-block:: console + + # echo -e "lxc.network.name = veth0\nlxc.network.type = veth\nlxc.network.name = veth_link1" | sudo tee -a /etc/lxc/default.conf + +Inspect the contents again to verify the file was indeed modified: + +.. code-block:: console + + # cat /etc/lxc/default.conf + lxc.network.type = veth + lxc.network.link = lxcbr0 + lxc.network.flags = up + lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:xx:xx:xx + lxc.network.name = veth0 + lxc.network.type = veth + lxc.network.name = veth_link1 + + +After this, we're ready to create the containers. + +Creates an Ubuntu Xenial container named "cone". + +.. code-block:: console + + # lxc-create -t download -n cone -- --dist ubuntu --release xenial --arch amd64 --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 + + +If successful, you'll get an output similar to this: + +.. code-block:: console + + You just created an Ubuntu xenial amd64 (20180625_07:42) container. + + To enable SSH, run: apt install openssh-server + No default root or user password are set by LXC. + + +Make another container "ctwo". + +.. code-block:: console + + # lxc-create -t download -n ctwo -- --dist ubuntu --release xenial --arch amd64 --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 + + +List your containers to verify they exist: + + +.. code-block:: console + + # lxc-ls + cone ctwo + + +Start the first container: + +.. code-block:: console + + # lxc-start --name cone + +And verify its running: + +.. code-block:: console + + # lxc-ls --fancy + NAME STATE AUTOSTART GROUPS IPV4 IPV6 + cone RUNNING 0 - - - + ctwo STOPPED 0 - - - + + +.. note:: + + Here are some `lxc container commands `_ you may find useful: + + + .. code-block:: console + + $ sudo lxc-ls --fancy + $ sudo lxc-start --name u1 --daemon + $ sudo lxc-info --name u1 + $ sudo lxc-stop --name u1 + $ sudo lxc-destroy --name u1 -- cgit 1.2.3-korg