Networks have become complex systems that combine various concepts, techniques, and technologies. As a consequence, modelling or simulating them now is extremely complicated and researchers massively resort to prototyping techniques. Mininet is the most popular tool when it comes to evaluate SDN propositions. Mininet allows to emulate SDN networks on a single computer but shows its limitations with resource intensive experiments as the emulating host may become overloaded. To tackle this issue, we propose Distrinet , a distributed implementation of Mininet over multiple hosts, based on LXD/LXC, Ansible, and VXLAN tunnels. Distrinet uses the same API than Mininet, meaning that it is compatible with Mininet programs. It is generic and can deploy experiments on Linux clusters (e.g., Grid'5000), as well as on the Amazon EC2 cloud platform.

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分布网

网络已经成为结合各种概念、技术和技术的复杂系统。因此，现在对它们进行建模或模拟非常复杂，研究人员大量求助于原型技术。在评估 SDN 命题时，Mininet 是最受欢迎的工具。Mininet 允许在单台计算机上模拟 SDN 网络，但在资源密集型实验中显示出其局限性，因为模拟主机可能会过载。为了解决这个问题，我们建议分布网，基于 LXD/LXC、Ansible 和 VXLAN 隧道的 Mininet 在多个主机上的分布式实现。Distrinet 使用与 Mininet 相同的 API，这意味着它与 Mininet 程序兼容。它是通用的，可以在 Linux 集群（例如 Grid'5000）以及 Amazon EC2 云平台上部署实验。