.. _vppinaws: .. toctree:: VPP in AWS ___________________ 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>`_! 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: .. code-block:: console $ 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 Afterwards, types the following commands to install VPP: .. code-block:: console $ curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/fdio/1807/script.deb.sh | sudo bash 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: .. code-block:: console $ 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 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: .. code-block:: console $ sudo lshw -class network -businfo 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: .. code-block:: console $ sudo nano /etc/vpp/startup.conf Here, inside the dpdk block, copy the PCI addresses of the NIC you want to bind to VPP. .. code-block:: console dev 0000:00:0X.0 Now you should install DPDK package. This will allow to bind the NICs to VPP through a script available inside the DPDK package: .. code-block:: console $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.08.tar.xz $ tar -xvf dpdk-18.08.tar.xz $ cd ~/dpdk-18.08/usertools/ and open the script: .. code-block:: console $ ./dpdk-setup.sh 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: .. code-block:: console $ cd ~/dpdk-18.08/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/ and type: .. code-block:: console $ sudo modprobe uio $ sudo insmod kmod/igb_uio.ko In this way, the PCIs addresses should appear inside the setup file of DPDK and therefore you can bind them: .. code-block:: console $ ./dpdk-setup.sh Inside the script, bind the NICs using the option 24. Finally restart VPP and the NICs should appear inside VPP CLI: .. code-block:: console $ sudo service vpp stop $ sudo service vpp start $ sudo vppctl show int Notice that if you stop the VM, you need to bind again the NICs.