experiment-manager 1.4.6
The SoftFIRE Experimenter Manager
License: Apache 2
Keywords: python vnfm nfvo open baton openbaton sdk experiment manager softfire tosca openstack rest

Copyright © 2016-2018 `SoftFIRE`_ and `TU Berlin`_. Licensed under
`Apache v2 License`_.

Experiment Manager
==================

The SoftFIRE Experiment Manager is the main component of the SoftFIRE
middleware. Other managers can register to the experiment manager so
that the Experiment Manager is able to redirect requests from the
experimenter to the appropriate manager. The managers use the gRPC
protocol for communication.

The main tasks of the Experiment Manager are:

-  Exposing an API for the dashboard and the SoftFIRE SDK
-  User authentication and authorization
-  Resource discovery
-  Resource reservation
-  Resource provisioning
-  Processing the experiment definition
-  Providing experiment monitoring

In the figure below you can see the work flow of the Experiment Manager
interacting with the experimenter and other managers.

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Technical Requirements
----------------------

The Experiment Manager requires Python 3.5 or higher.

Installation and configuration
------------------------------

You can install the Experiment Manager using pip:

::

    pip install experiment-manager

and then start it with the ``experiment-manager`` command.

Or you can run it from source code by cloning the git repository,
installing the dependencies as specified in the `setup.py`_ file and
executing the *experiment-manager* script.

The experiment manager needs a configuration file present at
*/etc/softfire/experimen-manager.ini*. An example of the configuration
file can be found `here`_.

Issue tracker
-------------

Issues and bug reports should be posted to the GitHub Issue Tracker of
this project.

What is SoftFIRE?
=================

SoftFIRE provides a set of technologies for building a federated
experimental platform aimed at the construction and experimentation of
services and functionalities built on top of NFV and SDN technologies.
The platform is a loose federation of already existing testbed owned and
operated by distinct organizations for purposes of research and
development.

SoftFIRE has three main objectives: supporting interoperability,
programming and security of the federated testbed. Supporting the
programmability of the platform is then a major goal and it is the focus
of the SoftFIRE’s Second Open Call.

Licensing and distribution
--------------------------

Copyright © [2016-2018] SoftFIRE project

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”);

you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may
obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed

.. _SoftFIRE: https://www.softfire.eu/
.. _TU Berlin: http://www.av.tu-berlin.de/next_generation_networks/
.. _Apache v2 License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
.. _setup.py: https://github.com/softfire-eu/experiment-manager/blob/master/setup.py
.. _here: https://github.com/softfire-eu/experiment-manager/blob/master/etc/experiment-manager.ini

.. |image0| image:: http://docs.softfire.eu/img/ex-man-seq-dia.svg