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diff --git a/docs/userguides/installation.rst b/docs/userguides/installation.rst index bd47519a..abd09cb4 100755 --- a/docs/userguides/installation.rst +++ b/docs/userguides/installation.rst @@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ Installing vswitchperf ====================== The test suite requires Python 3.3 and relies on a number of other -packages. These need to be installed for the test suite to function. To -install Python 3.3 in CentOS 7, an additional repository, Software -Collections (`a link`_) should be enabled. +packages. These need to be installed for the test suite to function. + +Installation of required packages, preparation of Python 3 virtual +environment and compilation of OVS, DPDK and QEMU is performed by +script **systems/build_base_machine.sh**. It should be executed under +user account, which will be used for vsperf execution. -Installation of required packages and preparation of Python 3 virtual -environment is performed by systems/build_base_machine.sh. It should be -executed under user account, which will be used for vsperf execution. Please Note: Password-less sudo access must be configured for given user account before script is executed. @@ -21,16 +21,29 @@ Execution of installation script: $ ./build_base_machine.sh Please note: you don't need to go into any of the systems subdirectories, -simply run the top level build_base_machine.sh, your OS will be detected +simply run the top level **build_base_machine.sh**, your OS will be detected automatically. -build_base_machine.sh will install all the vsperf dependencies in terms of -system packages and Python modules, it will also use `virtualenv`_ to create a -vsperf virtual environment that's isolated from the default Python env. This -environment will reside in a directory called vsperfenv in $HOME. +Currently supported operating systems are: + + - CentOS 7 + - Fedora 20 + - Fedora 21 + - Fedora 22 + - Ubuntu 14.04 + +Script **build_base_machine.sh** will install all the vsperf dependencies +in terms of system packages, Python 3.x and required Python modules. +In case of CentOS 7 it will install Python 3.3 from an additional repository +provided by Software Collections (`a link`_). Installation script will also +use `virtualenv`_ to create a vsperf virtual environment, which is isolated +from the default Python environment. This environment will reside +in a directory called **vsperfenv** in $HOME. You will need to activate the virtual environment every time you start a -new shell session. To activate, simple run: +new shell session. Its activation is specific to your OS: + +CentOS 7: .. code:: bash @@ -38,6 +51,14 @@ new shell session. To activate, simple run: $ cd $HOME/vsperfenv $ source bin/activate +Fedora and Ubuntu: + +.. code:: bash + + $ cd $HOME/vsperfenv + $ source bin/activate + + -------------- Working Behind a Proxy |