From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bcmv-tmail01.ecl.ntt.co.jp (bcmv-tmail01.ecl.ntt.co.jp [124.146.185.148]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C81A75589 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 04:15:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from bcmv-ns01.ecl.ntt.co.jp (bcmv-ns01.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.83.123]) by bcmv-tmail01.ecl.ntt.co.jp (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x143F99i006228; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:15:09 +0900 Received: from bcmv-ns01.ecl.ntt.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bcmv-ns01.ecl.ntt.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E53E161; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:15:09 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (lobster.nslab.ecl.ntt.co.jp [129.60.13.95]) by bcmv-ns01.ecl.ntt.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 784B59F; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:15:09 +0900 (JST) From: ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp To: spp@dpdk.org, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:12:59 +0900 Message-Id: <1549249979-31792-1-git-send-email-ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 X-TM-AS-MML: disable Subject: [spp] [PATCH] docs: revise how to use section X-BeenThere: spp@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Soft Patch Panel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 03:15:11 -0000 From: Yasufumi Ogawa This patch is to revise `How to Use` section. Signed-off-by: Yasufumi Ogawa --- docs/guides/setup/howto_use.rst | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/guides/setup/howto_use.rst b/docs/guides/setup/howto_use.rst index 225f096..11aa386 100644 --- a/docs/guides/setup/howto_use.rst +++ b/docs/guides/setup/howto_use.rst @@ -48,20 +48,20 @@ a process. $ python3 src/spp-ctl/spp-ctl Notice that ``spp-ctl`` is implemented in ``python3`` and cannot be -launched with ``python`` or ``python2``. +launched with ``python2``. It has a option ``-b`` for binding address explicitly to be accessed from other than default, ``127.0.0.1`` or ``localhost``. If you deploy SPP on multiple nodes, you might need to use ``-b`` option -to be accessed from other processes running on other than local node. +it to be accessed from other processes running on other than local node. .. code-block:: console # launch with URL http://192.168.1.100:7777 $ python3 src/spp-ctl/spp-ctl -b 192.168.1.100 -``spp-ctl`` is also launched as a daemon process, or managed -by ``systemd``. +``spp-ctl`` is the most important process in SPP. For some usecases, +you might better to manage this process with ``systemd``. Here is a simple example of service file for systemd. .. code-block:: none @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ launching DPDK processes. -s 192.168.122.100:5555 You can configure SPP running on the VM from SPP CLI. -Use ``server`` command is to switch node under the management. +Use ``server`` command to switch node under the management. .. code-block:: none @@ -506,3 +506,9 @@ Use ``server`` command is to switch node under the management. # configure SPP on VM spp > status ... + +Now, you are ready to setup your network environment for DPDK and non-DPDK +applications with SPP. +SPP enables users to configure service function chaining between applications +running on host and VMs. +Usecases of network configuration are explained in the next chapter. -- 2.7.4