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

[Haider Ali]

If I want to simulate route server and two customers sharing IP addresses
with quagga BGP configurations, Should the route server be in peering LAN?

If route server is in peering LAN then how will IXP manager ping the route
server that resides in different LAN?

Sincerely,
Haider

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 8:35 PM Nick Hilliard (INEX) <nick at inex.ie> wrote:

> 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 <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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