[ixpmanager] switch add to ixp manager + ixp manager installation

[Haider Ali]

Dear All,
I am new to IXP manager but I now want to add two customers and one switch
to IXP manager.

I am simulating an IXP for now.  For which, I used two computers as ISPs
having their own ASes and one switch and one route server in a single LAN.

Currently, I am running IXP manager in Ubuntu 18 server which is running on
VMWare (which is running on Windows). I have HP Aruba Switch 2930F which I
want to connect with IXP manager. I think that IXP manager should also be
in the same LAN in which my IXP is running. Can I connect the switch (or
IXP) to IXP manager which is running inside VMWare?

I added a switch in an ixp manager. How will it be connected to switch?
Should the switch physically connected to the server? Should the server
reside in the same subnet? Should server have the same subnet as of switch
and customers (ISPs or ASes)?

If I give the wrong information about switch then How will I come to know
that ixp manager didnt find the switch?
And similarly, How will customers with dummy IP addresses be detected by
ixp manager?


The basic question is:
I added the switch and ixp manager added switch for me. I want to check
that can it access my switch? How will I come to know about it?

I have a vague answer to my question that first of all the ixp manager is
behind the NAT of VMWare and is outside the LAN in which my IXP and
customers reside. It should be in the LAN of IXP so that it finds the
switch and customers. So, I want you to guide on the basic question above
that how will IXP manager find switch if it is not in the same LAN? If it
is not finding switch then how will it say or notify me? Basically, I want
to debug whether switch is connected or customer is added or not?

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The second question I have is that I first installed Ubuntu 18 desktop.
Then I installed VirtualBox and inside that VirtualBox, I installed Ubuntu
18 server and IXP manager successfully. It gave me the IP address of the
IXP manager. But, that IP is inaccessible through the firefox of Ubuntu 18
desktop. Can you tell why is that?

Sincerely,
Haider Ali
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