This tutorial describes the first steps to use Mantychore. we are going to add a router and we will do the first operations to manage it (In this case, we only do a simple operation, to configure an IP). You can find more infomation about the Karaf platform and others commands related with the resources on Server Console
Mantychore concepts
Mantychore is a framework which is developed through the OSGi technology. OSGi consists of a set of components (named bundles) which provide the necessary operations. In this point, Mantychore adds our bundles with their operations. All these operations represent the capabilities for the end users. When you executes Mantychore ( ./mantychore.sh (Linux) or ./mantychore.bat (Windows), it will appear a command line (cli) and you will be able to check the different loaded capabilities ( if you type <tab> or list).
To get more information about bundles and how Mantychore use it link.
Creating resources
The first step in Mantychore is the resource virtualization. In this step, it is added a new device to the Mantychore system. For this action, it is necessary to create a file to describe what features and capabilities this virtual resource will be able to have.
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Resource descriptor: to get more information about how it works, you can use this link.
Adding protocols
Each resource has to be linked to the necessary protocols which are used to connect with the physical device (the real router which we want to virtualize). In this case, we will use a netconf protocol to connect with the router:
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Now, we have a started resource with a set of available operations. These operations will be send to the real device. In this case, we will be execute an ip IP configuration:
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chassis:setInterface router:junos20 fe-0/1/2.0 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 |
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