3 # NEPI, a framework to manage network experiments
4 # Copyright (C) 2013 INRIA
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18 # Author: Lucia Guevgeozian <lucia.guevgeozian_odizzio@inria.fr>
19 # Alina Quereilhac <alina.quereilhac@inria.fr>
22 # Example of how to run this experiment (replace with your information):
25 # python examples/linux/netcat_file_transfer.py -a <hostname1> -b <hostname2> -u <username> -i <ssh-key>
27 from __future__ import print_function
29 from nepi.execution.ec import ExperimentController
30 from nepi.execution.resource import ResourceAction, ResourceState
32 from optparse import OptionParser, SUPPRESS_HELP
35 usage = ("usage: %prog -a <hostanme1> -b <hostname2> -u <username> -i <ssh-key>")
37 parser = OptionParser(usage = usage)
38 parser.add_option("-a", "--hostname1", dest="hostname1",
39 help="Remote host 1", type="str")
40 parser.add_option("-b", "--hostname2", dest="hostname2",
41 help="Remote host 2", type="str")
42 parser.add_option("-u", "--username", dest="username",
43 help="Username to SSH to remote host", type="str")
44 parser.add_option("-i", "--ssh-key", dest="ssh_key",
45 help="Path to private SSH key to be used for connection",
47 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
49 hostname1 = options.hostname1
50 hostname2 = options.hostname2
51 username = options.username
52 ssh_key = options.ssh_key
54 ## Create the experiment controller
55 ec = ExperimentController(exp_id = "nc_file_transfer")
58 node1 = ec.register_resource("linux::Node")
59 # Set the hostname of the first node to use for the experiment
60 ec.set(node1, "hostname", hostname1)
61 # username should be your SSH user
62 ec.set(node1, "username", username)
63 # Absolute path to the SSH private key
64 ec.set(node1, "identity", ssh_key)
65 # Clean all files, results, etc, from previous experiments wit the same exp_id
66 ec.set(node1, "cleanExperiment", True)
67 # Kill all running processes in the node before running the experiment
68 ec.set(node1, "cleanProcesses", True)
71 node2 = ec.register_resource("linux::Node")
72 # Set the hostname of the first node to use for the experiment
73 ec.set(node2, "hostname", hostname2)
74 # username should be your SSH user
75 ec.set(node2, "username", username)
76 # Absolute path to the SSH private key
77 ec.set(node2, "identity", ssh_key)
78 # Clean all files, results, etc, from previous experiments wit the same exp_id
79 ec.set(node2, "cleanExperiment", True)
80 # Kill all running processes in the node before running the experiment
81 ec.set(node2, "cleanProcesses", True)
84 video = "big_buck_bunny_240p_mpeg4_lq.ts"
85 local_path_to_video = os.path.join(
86 os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
89 command = "cat ${SHARE}/%s | pv -fbt 2> bw.txt | nc %s 1234" % (
92 server = ec.register_resource("linux::Application")
93 ec.set(server, "depends", "pv nc tcpdump")
94 ec.set(server, "files", local_path_to_video)
95 ec.set(server, "command", command)
96 ec.register_connection(server, node1)
99 # Note: is important to add the -d option in nc command to not attempt to read from the
101 # if not nc in the client side close the socket suddently if runned in background
102 command = "nc -dl 1234 > %s" % video
104 client = ec.register_resource("linux::Application")
105 ec.set(client, "depends", "nc")
106 ec.set(client, "command", command)
107 ec.register_connection(client, node2)
109 # Register a tcpdump in the server node to monitor the file transfer
110 command = "tcpdump -ni eth0 -w file_transfer.pcap -s0 port 1234 2>&1"
112 capture = ec.register_resource("linux::Application")
113 ec.set(capture, "depends", "tcpdump")
114 ec.set(capture, "command", command)
115 ec.set(capture, "sudo", True)
116 ec.register_connection(capture, node1)
118 # Register conditions 1. nodes ; 2. start tcpdump capture ; 3. client listen port 1234 ;
119 # 4. server start sending video
120 ec.register_condition(server, ResourceAction.START, client, ResourceState.STARTED)
121 ec.register_condition(client, ResourceAction.START, capture, ResourceState.STARTED)
126 # Wait until the applications are finish to retrive the traces
127 ec.wait_finished([server, client])
129 # Retrieve traces from nc and tcpdump
130 bw = ec.trace(server, "bw.txt")
131 pcap = ec.trace(capture, "file_transfer.pcap")
133 # Choose a directory to store the traces, example f = open("/home/<user>/bw.txt", "w")
134 f = open("bw.txt", "w")
137 f = open("video_transfer.pcap", "w")
143 print("Total bytes transfered saved to bw.txt...")