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 (see
https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/python33) should be
enabled.

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.

Execution of installation script:

.. code:: bash

    cd systems
    ./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
automatically.

You will need to activate the virtual environment every time you start a
new shell session. To activate, simple run:

.. code:: bash

    scl enable python33 bash
    cd $HOME/vsperfenv
    source bin/activate

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Working Behind a Proxy
======================

If you're behind a proxy, you'll likely want to configure this before
running any of the above. For example:

  .. code:: bash

    export http_proxy=proxy.mycompany.com:123
    export https_proxy=proxy.mycompany.com:123