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

[Nick Hilliard (INEX)]

Haider,

You need two LANs: one for peering and one for management.  The peering 
LAN will be your IXP LAN and should contain only customer router IP 
addresses.  The management LAN should contain IXP Manager and the 
management IP address of your switch.  When you configure it like this, 
the server running IXP Manager should be able to ping the switch's 
management address.

Your other questions are related to configuration of virtualisation 
systems. I'm sure VMware Desktop or VirtualBox can both handle the 
network connectivity requirements that you're looking for, but we don't 
use either of these systems  internally at INEX so I can't offer advice 
on how to configure them.

Nick

> Haider Ali <mailto:haiderrana45 at gmail.com>
> 30 July 2019 at 16:06
>
> 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?
>
> --------------------------------
> 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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