Improving test test/resources/linux/ns3/ccn/ns3dceccnpeek.py
[nepi.git] / src / nepi / resources / linux / ns3 / ns3simulation.py
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18 # Author: Alina Quereilhac <alina.quereilhac@inria.fr>
19
20 from nepi.execution.attribute import Attribute, Flags, Types
21 from nepi.execution.trace import Trace, TraceAttr
22 from nepi.execution.resource import ResourceManager, clsinit_copy, \
23         ResourceState, ResourceFactory, reschedule_delay
24 from nepi.resources.linux.application import LinuxApplication
25 from nepi.util.timefuncs import tnow, tdiffsec
26 from nepi.resources.ns3.ns3simulation import NS3Simulation
27 from nepi.resources.ns3.ns3wrapper import SIMULATOR_UUID, GLOBAL_VALUE_UUID, \
28         IPV4_GLOBAL_ROUTING_HELPER_UUID
29 from nepi.resources.linux.ns3.ns3client import LinuxNS3Client
30
31 import os
32 import time
33 import threading
34
35 ## TODO: Clean up DCE part. All that is DCE specific should go
36 ##       in the linux ns3dceapplication.py
37
38 @clsinit_copy
39 class LinuxNS3Simulation(LinuxApplication, NS3Simulation):
40     _rtype = "LinuxNS3Simulation"
41
42     @classmethod
43     def _register_attributes(cls):
44         impl_type = Attribute("simulatorImplementationType",
45                 "The object class to use as the simulator implementation",
46             allowed = ["ns3::DefaultSimulatorImpl", "ns3::RealtimeSimulatorImpl"],
47             default = "ns3::DefaultSimulatorImpl",
48             type = Types.Enumerate,
49             flags = Flags.Design)
50
51         sched_type = Attribute("schedulerType",
52                 "The object class to use as the scheduler implementation",
53                 allowed = ["ns3::MapScheduler",
54                             "ns3::ListScheduler",
55                             "ns3::HeapScheduler",
56                             "ns3::MapScheduler",
57                             "ns3::CalendarScheduler"
58                     ],
59             default = "ns3::MapScheduler",
60             type = Types.Enumerate,
61             flags = Flags.Design)
62
63         check_sum = Attribute("checksumEnabled",
64                 "A global switch to enable all checksums for all protocols",
65             default = False,
66             type = Types.Bool,
67             flags = Flags.Design)
68
69         ns_log = Attribute("nsLog",
70             "NS_LOG environment variable. " \
71                     " Will only generate output if ns-3 is compiled in DEBUG mode. ",
72             flags = Flags.Design)
73
74         verbose = Attribute("verbose",
75             "True to output debugging info from the ns3 client-server communication",
76             type = Types.Bool,
77             flags = Flags.Design)
78
79         enable_dump = Attribute("enableDump",
80             "Enable dumping the remote executed ns-3 commands to a script "
81             "in order to later reproduce and debug the experiment",
82             type = Types.Bool,
83             default = False,
84             flags = Flags.Design)
85
86         build_mode = Attribute("buildMode",
87             "Mode used to build ns-3 with waf. One if: debug, release, oprimized ",
88             default = "optimized", 
89             allowed = ["debug", "release", "optimized"],
90             type = Types.Enumerate,
91             flags = Flags.Design)
92
93         ns3_version = Attribute("ns3Version",
94             "Version of ns-3 to install from nsam repo",
95             #default = "ns-3.19", 
96             default = "ns-3.20", 
97             #default = "ns-3-dev", 
98             flags = Flags.Design)
99
100         pybindgen_version = Attribute("pybindgenVersion",
101             "Version of pybindgen to install from bazar repo",
102             #default = "864", 
103             default = "868", 
104             #default = "876", 
105             flags = Flags.Design)
106
107         dce_version = Attribute("dceVersion",
108             "Version of dce to install from nsam repo (tag branch for repo)",
109             default = "dce-1.3", 
110             #default = "dce-dev", 
111             flags = Flags.Design)
112
113         populate_routing_tables = Attribute("populateRoutingTables",
114             "Invokes  Ipv4GlobalRoutingHelper.PopulateRoutingTables() ",
115             default = False,
116             type = Types.Bool,
117             flags = Flags.Design)
118
119         stoptime = Attribute("stopTime",
120             "Time at which the simulation will stop",
121             flags = Flags.Design)
122
123         cls._register_attribute(impl_type)
124         cls._register_attribute(sched_type)
125         cls._register_attribute(check_sum)
126         cls._register_attribute(ns_log)
127         cls._register_attribute(enable_dump)
128         cls._register_attribute(verbose)
129         cls._register_attribute(build_mode)
130         cls._register_attribute(ns3_version)
131         cls._register_attribute(pybindgen_version)
132         cls._register_attribute(dce_version)
133         cls._register_attribute(populate_routing_tables)
134         cls._register_attribute(stoptime)
135
136     def __init__(self, ec, guid):
137         LinuxApplication.__init__(self, ec, guid)
138         NS3Simulation.__init__(self)
139
140         self._client = None
141         self._home = "ns3-simu-%s" % self.guid
142         self._socket_name = "ns3-%s.sock" % os.urandom(4).encode('hex')
143         self._dce_manager_helper_uuid = None
144         self._dce_application_helper_uuid = None
145         self._enable_dce = None
146
147     @property
148     def socket_name(self):
149         return self._socket_name
150
151     @property
152     def remote_socket(self):
153         return os.path.join(self.run_home, self.socket_name)
154
155     def trace(self, name, attr = TraceAttr.ALL, block = 512, offset = 0):
156         # stout needs to get flushed on the ns-3 server side, else we will 
157         # get an empty stream. We try twice to retrieve the stream
158         # if we get empty stdout since the stream might not be
159         # flushed immediately.
160         if name.endswith("stdout"):
161             self._client.flush() 
162             result = LinuxApplication.trace(self, name, attr, block, offset)
163             if result:
164                 return result
165             # Let the stream be flushed
166             time.sleep(1)
167
168         return LinuxApplication.trace(self, name, attr, block, offset)
169
170     def upload_sources(self):
171         self.node.mkdir(os.path.join(self.node.src_dir, "ns3wrapper"))
172
173         # upload ns3 wrapper python script
174         ns3_wrapper = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "ns3", 
175                 "ns3wrapper.py")
176
177         self.node.upload(ns3_wrapper,
178                 os.path.join(self.node.src_dir, "ns3wrapper", "ns3wrapper.py"),
179                 overwrite = False)
180
181         # upload ns3 wrapper debug python script
182         ns3_wrapper_debug = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "ns3", 
183                 "ns3wrapper_debug.py")
184
185         self.node.upload(ns3_wrapper_debug,
186                 os.path.join(self.node.src_dir, "ns3wrapper", "ns3wrapper_debug.py"),
187                 overwrite = False)
188
189         # upload ns3_server python script
190         ns3_server = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "ns3",
191                 "ns3server.py")
192
193         self.node.upload(ns3_server,
194                 os.path.join(self.node.src_dir, "ns3wrapper", "ns3server.py"),
195                 overwrite = False)
196
197         if self.node.use_rpm:
198             # upload pygccxml sources
199             pygccxml_tar = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "dependencies",
200                     "%s.tar.gz" % self.pygccxml_version)
201
202             self.node.upload(pygccxml_tar,
203                     os.path.join(self.node.src_dir, "%s.tar.gz" % self.pygccxml_version),
204                     overwrite = False)
205
206         # Upload user defined ns-3 sources
207         self.node.mkdir(os.path.join(self.node.src_dir, "ns-3"))
208         src_dir = os.path.join(self.node.src_dir, "ns-3")
209
210         super(LinuxNS3Simulation, self).upload_sources(src_dir = src_dir)
211     
212     def upload_extra_sources(self, sources = None, src_dir = None):
213         return super(LinuxNS3Simulation, self).upload_sources(
214                 sources = sources, 
215                 src_dir = src_dir)
216
217     def upload_start_command(self):
218         command = self.get("command")
219         env = self.get("env")
220
221         # We want to make sure the ccnd is running
222         # before the experiment starts.
223         # Run the command as a bash script in background,
224         # in the host ( but wait until the command has
225         # finished to continue )
226         env = self.replace_paths(env)
227         command = self.replace_paths(command)
228
229         shfile = os.path.join(self.app_home, "start.sh")
230         self.node.upload_command(command, 
231                     shfile = shfile,
232                     env = env,
233                     overwrite = True)
234
235         # Run the ns3wrapper 
236         self._run_in_background()
237
238         # Wait until the remote socket is created
239         self.wait_remote_socket()
240
241     def configure(self):
242         if self.has_changed("simulatorImplementationType"):
243             simu_type = self.get("simulatorImplementationType")
244             stype = self.create("StringValue", simu_type)
245             self.invoke(GLOBAL_VALUE_UUID, "Bind", "SimulatorImplementationType", stype)
246
247         if self.has_changed("checksumEnabled"):
248             check_sum = self.get("checksumEnabled")
249             btrue = self.create("BooleanValue", check_sum)    
250             self.invoke(GLOBAL_VALUE_UUID, "Bind", "ChecksumEnabled", btrue)
251         
252         if self.has_changed("schedulerType"):
253             sched_type = self.get("schedulerType")
254             stype = self.create("StringValue", sched_type)
255             self.invoke(GLOBAL_VALUE_UUID, "Bind", "SchedulerType", btrue)
256         
257     def do_deploy(self):
258         if not self.node or self.node.state < ResourceState.READY:
259             self.debug("---- RESCHEDULING DEPLOY ---- node state %s " % self.node.state )
260             
261             # ccnd needs to wait until node is deployed and running
262             self.ec.schedule(reschedule_delay, self.deploy)
263         else:
264             if not self.get("command"):
265                 self.set("command", self._start_command)
266             
267             if not self.get("depends"):
268                 self.set("depends", self._dependencies)
269
270             if self.get("sources"):
271                 sources = self.get("sources")
272                 source = sources.split(" ")[0]
273                 basename = os.path.basename(source)
274                 version = ( basename.strip().replace(".tar.gz", "")
275                     .replace(".tar","")
276                     .replace(".gz","")
277                     .replace(".zip","") )
278
279                 self.set("ns3Version", version)
280                 self.set("sources", source)
281
282             if not self.get("build"):
283                 self.set("build", self._build)
284
285             if not self.get("install"):
286                 self.set("install", self._install)
287
288             if not self.get("env"):
289                 self.set("env", self._environment)
290
291             self.do_discover()
292             self.do_provision()
293
294             # Create client
295             self._client = LinuxNS3Client(self)
296
297             self.configure()
298             
299             self.set_ready()
300
301     def do_start(self):
302         """ Starts simulation execution
303
304         """
305         self.info("Starting")
306
307         if self.state == ResourceState.READY:
308             if self.get("populateRoutingTables") == True:
309                 self.invoke(IPV4_GLOBAL_ROUTING_HELPER_UUID, "PopulateRoutingTables")
310
311             self._client.start()
312
313             self.set_started()
314         else:
315             msg = " Failed to execute command '%s'" % command
316             self.error(msg, out, err)
317             raise RuntimeError, msg
318
319     def do_stop(self):
320         """ Stops simulation execution
321
322         """
323         if self.state == ResourceState.STARTED:
324             time = None
325             if self.get("stopTime"):
326                 time = self.get("stopTime")
327
328             self._client.stop(time=time) 
329             self.set_stopped()
330
331     def do_release(self):
332         self.info("Releasing resource")
333
334         tear_down = self.get("tearDown")
335         if tear_down:
336             self.node.execute(tear_down)
337
338         self.do_stop()
339         self._client.shutdown()
340         LinuxApplication.do_stop(self)
341         
342         super(LinuxApplication, self).do_release()
343
344     @property
345     def enable_dce(self):
346         if self._enable_dce is None:
347             from nepi.resources.ns3.ns3dceapplication import NS3BaseDceApplication
348             rclass = ResourceFactory.get_resource_type(
349                     NS3BaseDceApplication.get_rtype())
350             
351             self._enable_dce = False
352             for guid in self.ec.resources:
353                 rm = self.ec.get_resource(guid)
354                 if isinstance(rm, rclass):
355                     self._enable_dce = True
356                     break
357
358         return self._enable_dce
359
360     @property
361     def _start_command(self):
362         command = [] 
363
364         command.append("PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:${SRC}/ns3wrapper/")
365         
366         command.append("python ${SRC}/ns3wrapper/ns3server.py -S %s" % \
367                 os.path.basename(self.remote_socket) )
368
369         ns_log = self.get("nsLog")
370         if ns_log:
371             command.append("-L '%s'" % ns_log)
372
373         if self.get("enableDump"):
374             command.append("-D")
375
376         if self.get("verbose"):
377             command.append("-v")
378
379         command = " ".join(command)
380         return command
381
382     @property
383     def _dependencies(self):
384         if self.node.use_rpm:
385             return ( " gcc gcc-c++ python python-devel mercurial bzr tcpdump socat gccxml unzip")
386         elif self.node.use_deb:
387             return ( " gcc g++ python python-dev mercurial bzr tcpdump socat gccxml python-pygccxml unzip")
388         return ""
389
390     @property
391     def ns3_repo(self):
392         return "http://code.nsnam.org"
393
394     @property
395     def pygccxml_version(self):
396         return "pygccxml-1.0.0"
397
398     @property
399     def dce_repo(self):
400         return "http://code.nsnam.org/ns-3-dce"
401         #eturn "http://code.nsnam.org/epmancini/ns-3-dce"
402
403     @property
404     def dce_version(self):
405         dce_version = self.get("dceVersion")
406         return dce_version or "dce-dev"
407
408     @property
409     def ns3_build_location(self):
410         location = "${BIN}/ns-3/%(ns3_version)s%(dce_version)s/%(build_mode)s/build" \
411                     % {
412                         "ns3_version": self.get("ns3Version"),
413                         "dce_version": "-%s" % self.get("dceVersion") \
414                                 if self.enable_dce else "", 
415                         "build_mode": self.get("buildMode"),
416                       }
417
418         return location
419  
420
421     @property
422     def ns3_src_location(self):
423         location = "${SRC}/ns-3/%(ns3_version)s" \
424                     % {
425                         "ns3_version": self.get("ns3Version"),
426                       }
427
428         return location
429  
430     @property
431     def dce_src_location(self):
432         location = "${SRC}/ns-3-dce/%(dce_version)s" \
433                    % {
434                         "dce_version": self.get("dceVersion"),
435                      }
436
437         return location
438
439     @property
440     def _clone_ns3_command(self):
441         source = self.get("sources")
442         
443         if not source:
444             clone_ns3_cmd = "hg clone %(ns3_repo)s/%(ns3_version)s %(ns3_src)s" \
445                     % {
446                         "ns3_version": self.get("ns3Version"),
447                         "ns3_repo": self.ns3_repo,  
448                         "ns3_src": self.ns3_src_location,
449                       }
450         else:
451             if source.find(".tar.gz") > -1:
452                 clone_ns3_cmd = ( 
453                             "tar xzf ${SRC}/ns-3/%(basename)s " 
454                             " --strip-components=1 -C %(ns3_src)s"
455                             ) % {
456                                 "basename": os.path.basename(source),
457                                 "ns3_src": self.ns3_src_location,
458                                 }
459             elif source.find(".tar") > -1:
460                 clone_ns3_cmd = ( 
461                             "tar xf ${SRC}/ns-3/%(basename)s " 
462                             " --strip-components=1 -C %(ns3_src)s"
463                             ) % {
464                                 "basename": os.path.basename(source),
465                                 "ns3_src": self.ns3_src_location,
466                                 }
467             elif source.find(".zip") > -1:
468                 basename = os.path.basename(source)
469                 bare_basename = basename.replace(".zip", "") 
470
471                 clone_ns3_cmd = ( 
472                             "unzip ${SRC}/ns-3/%(basename)s && "
473                             "mv ${SRC}/ns-3/%(bare_basename)s %(ns3_src)s"
474                             ) % {
475                                 "bare_basename": basename_name,
476                                 "basename": basename,
477                                 "ns3_src": self.ns3_src_location,
478                                 }
479
480         return clone_ns3_cmd
481
482     @property
483     def _clone_dce_command(self):
484         clone_dce_cmd = " echo 'DCE will not be built' "
485
486         if self.enable_dce:
487             dce_version = self.dce_version
488             dce_tag = ""
489             if dce_version != "dce-dev":
490                 dce_tag = "-r %s" % dce_version
491
492             clone_dce_cmd = (
493                         # DCE installation
494                         # Test if dce is alredy cloned
495                         " ( "
496                         "  ( "
497                         "    ( test -d %(dce_src)s ) "
498                         "   && echo 'dce binaries found, nothing to do'"
499                         "  ) "
500                         " ) "
501                         "  || " 
502                         # Get dce source code
503                         " ( "
504                         "   mkdir -p %(dce_src)s && "
505                         "   hg clone %(dce_repo)s %(dce_tag)s %(dce_src)s"
506                         " ) "
507                      ) % {
508                             "dce_repo": self.dce_repo,
509                             "dce_tag": dce_tag,
510                             "dce_src": self.dce_src_location,
511                          }
512
513         return clone_dce_cmd
514
515     @property
516     def _build(self):
517         # If the user defined local sources for ns-3, we uncompress the sources
518         # on the remote sources directory. Else we clone ns-3 from the official repo.
519         clone_ns3_cmd = self._clone_ns3_command
520         clone_dce_cmd = self._clone_dce_command
521
522         ns3_build_cmd = (
523                 # NS3 installation
524                 "( "
525                 " ( "
526                 # Test if ns-3 is alredy cloned
527                 "  ((( test -d %(ns3_src)s ) || "
528                 "    ( test -d ${NS3BINDINGS:='None'} && test -d ${NS3LIBRARIES:='None'})) "
529                 "  && echo 'ns-3 binaries found, nothing to do' )"
530                 " ) "
531                 "  || " 
532                 # If not, install ns-3 and its dependencies
533                 " (   "
534                 # Install pygccxml
535                 "   (   "
536                 "     ( "
537                 "       python -c 'import pygccxml' && "
538                 "       echo 'pygccxml not found' "
539                 "     ) "
540                 "      || "
541                 "     ( "
542                 "       tar xf ${SRC}/%(pygccxml_version)s.tar.gz -C ${SRC} && "
543                 "       cd ${SRC}/%(pygccxml_version)s && "
544                 "       python setup.py build && "
545                 "       sudo -S python setup.py install "
546                 "     ) "
547                 "   ) " 
548                 # Install pybindgen
549                 "  && "
550                 "   (   "
551                 "     ( "
552                 "       test -d ${SRC}/pybindgen/%(pybindgen_version)s && "
553                 "       echo 'binaries found, nothing to do' "
554                 "     ) "
555                 "      || "
556                 # If not, clone and build
557                 "      ( cd ${SRC} && "
558                 "        mkdir -p ${SRC}/pybindgen && "
559                 "        bzr checkout lp:pybindgen -r %(pybindgen_version)s ${SRC}/pybindgen/%(pybindgen_version)s && "
560                 "        cd ${SRC}/pybindgen/%(pybindgen_version)s && "
561                 "        ./waf configure && "
562                 "        ./waf "
563                 "      ) "
564                 "   ) " 
565                 " && "
566                 # Get ns-3 source code
567                 "  ( "
568                 "     mkdir -p %(ns3_src)s && "
569                 "     %(clone_ns3_cmd)s "
570                 "  ) "
571                 " ) "
572                 ") "
573                 " && "
574                 "( "
575                 "   %(clone_dce_cmd)s "
576                 ") "
577              ) % { 
578                     "ns3_src": self.ns3_src_location,
579                     "pybindgen_version": self.get("pybindgenVersion"),
580                     "pygccxml_version": self.pygccxml_version,
581                     "clone_ns3_cmd": clone_ns3_cmd,
582                     "clone_dce_cmd": clone_dce_cmd,
583                  }
584
585         return ns3_build_cmd
586
587     @property
588     def _install_dce_command(self):
589         install_dce_cmd = " echo 'DCE will not be installed'"
590
591         if self.enable_dce:
592             install_dce_cmd = (
593                         " ( "
594                         "   ((test -d %(ns3_build)s/bin_dce ) && "
595                         "    echo 'dce binaries found, nothing to do' )"
596                         " ) "
597                         " ||" 
598                         " (   "
599                          # If not, copy build to dce
600                         "  cd %(dce_src)s && "
601                         "  rm -rf %(dce_src)s/build && "
602                         "  ./waf configure %(enable_opt)s --with-pybindgen=${SRC}/pybindgen/%(pybindgen_version)s "
603                         "  --prefix=%(ns3_build)s --with-ns3=%(ns3_build)s && "
604                         "  ./waf build && "
605                         "  ./waf install && "
606                         "  [ ! -e %(ns3_build)s/lib/python/site-packages/ns/dce.so ] && "
607                         "   mv %(ns3_build)s/lib*/python*/site-packages/ns/dce.so %(ns3_build)s/lib/python/site-packages/ns/ "
608                         " )"
609                 ) % { 
610                     "pybindgen_version": self.get("pybindgenVersion"),
611                     "enable_opt": "--enable-opt" if  self.get("buildMode") == "optimized" else "",
612                     "ns3_build": self.ns3_build_location,
613                     "dce_src": self.dce_src_location,
614                      }
615
616         return install_dce_cmd
617
618     @property
619     def _install(self):
620         install_dce_cmd = self._install_dce_command
621
622         install_ns3_cmd = (
623                  # Test if ns-3 is alredy installed
624                 "("
625                 " ( "
626                 "  ( ( (test -d %(ns3_build)s/lib ) || "
627                 "    (test -d ${NS3BINDINGS:='None'} && test -d ${NS3LIBRARIES:='None'}) ) && "
628                 "    echo 'binaries found, nothing to do' )"
629                 " ) "
630                 " ||" 
631                 " (   "
632                  # If not, copy ns-3 build to bin
633                 "  mkdir -p %(ns3_build)s && "
634                 "  cd %(ns3_src)s && "
635                 "  rm -rf %(ns3_src)s/build && "
636                 "  ./waf configure -d %(build_mode)s --with-pybindgen=${SRC}/pybindgen/%(pybindgen_version)s "
637                 "  --prefix=%(ns3_build)s && "
638                 "  ./waf build && "
639                 "  ./waf install && "
640                 "  mv %(ns3_build)s/lib*/python* %(ns3_build)s/lib/python "
641                 " )"
642                 ") "
643                 " && "
644                 "( "
645                 "   %(install_dce_cmd)s "
646                 ") "
647               ) % { 
648                     "pybindgen_version": self.get("pybindgenVersion"),
649                     "build_mode": self.get("buildMode"),
650                     "install_dce_cmd": install_dce_cmd,
651                     "ns3_build": self.ns3_build_location,
652                     "ns3_src": self.ns3_src_location,
653                  }
654
655         return install_ns3_cmd
656
657     @property
658     def _environment(self):
659         env = []
660         env.append("PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:${NS3BINDINGS:=%(ns3_build)s/lib/python/site-packages}" % { 
661                     "ns3_build": self.ns3_build_location
662                  })
663         # If NS3LIBRARIES is defined and not empty, assign its value, 
664         # if not assign ns3_build_home/lib/ to NS3LIBRARIES and LD_LIBARY_PATH
665         env.append("LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${NS3LIBRARIES:=%(ns3_build)s/lib}" % { 
666                     "ns3_build": self.ns3_build_location
667                  })
668         env.append("DCE_PATH=$NS3LIBRARIES/../bin_dce")
669         env.append("DCE_ROOT=$NS3LIBRARIES/..")
670
671         return " ".join(env) 
672
673     def replace_paths(self, command):
674         """
675         Replace all special path tags with shell-escaped actual paths.
676         """
677         return ( command
678             .replace("${USR}", self.node.usr_dir)
679             .replace("${LIB}", self.node.lib_dir)
680             .replace("${BIN}", self.node.bin_dir)
681             .replace("${SRC}", self.node.src_dir)
682             .replace("${SHARE}", self.node.share_dir)
683             .replace("${EXP}", self.node.exp_dir)
684             .replace("${EXP_HOME}", self.node.exp_home)
685             .replace("${APP_HOME}", self.app_home)
686             .replace("${RUN_HOME}", self.run_home)
687             .replace("${NODE_HOME}", self.node.node_home)
688             .replace("${HOME}", self.node.home_dir)
689             # If NS3LIBRARIES is defined and not empty, use that value, 
690             # if not use ns3_build_home/lib/
691             .replace("${BIN_DCE}", "${NS3LIBRARIES-%s/lib}/../bin_dce" % \
692                     self.ns3_build_location)
693             )
694
695     def valid_connection(self, guid):
696         # TODO: Validate!
697         return True
698
699     def wait_remote_socket(self):
700         """ Waits until the remote socket is created
701         """
702         command = " [ -e %s ] && echo 'DONE' " % self.remote_socket
703
704         for i in xrange(200):
705             (out, err), proc = self.node.execute(command, retry = 1, 
706                     with_lock = True)
707
708             if out.find("DONE") > -1:
709                 break
710         else:
711             raise RuntimeError("Remote socket not found at %s" % \
712                     self.remote_socket)
713     
714