NFD

# NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)

**NDN Forwarding Daemon (NFD)** is a new NDN forwarder under active development.

NFD implements the following specifications:

* [NDN packet format](https://docs.named-data.net/NDN-packet-spec/current/)

* [[Management|NFD Management protocol]]

* [[ConfigFileFormat|NFD configuration file format]]

* [[NDNLPv2]]: a link protocol for NDN

* [[ScopeControl|Namespace-based Scope Control]]: /localhost and /localhop

Other specifications:

* [[PrefixAnnouncement|Prefix announcement object]]

* [[PrefixInsertion|Prefix insertion protocol]]

* [[HubDiscovery|NDN hub discovery procedure]] to discover hub nodes on the NDN testbed.

## User Knowledge Base

* [NFD overview](https://docs.named-data.net/NFD/current/)

* [NFD FAQ](https://docs.named-data.net/NFD/current/FAQ.html)

* [ndn-cxx library](https://docs.named-data.net/ndn-cxx/current/), [application examples using ndn-cxx library](https://docs.named-data.net/ndn-cxx/current/examples.html)

* [[NFD autoconfiguration]]

* [Why NDN packet is limited to 8800 octets](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/ndn-interest/2017-March/001623.html)

### Installation experiences for selected platforms

* Officially Supported Operating Systems

    * Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, macOS: [Installation from source](https://docs.named-data.net/NFD/current/INSTALL.html#building-from-source)

* Other Operating Systems

    * [[Install-Fedora|Fedora]]

    * [Unofficial Debian APT repository](https://nfd-nightly.ndn.today)

    * [FreeBSD](https://docs.named-data.net/ndn-cxx/current/INSTALL.html)

* Virtualized/Containerized Environments

    * [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://yoursunny.com/t/2018/NFD-on-Windows-10-WSL/)

* Embedded Devices (probably outdated)

    * [[ndn-embedded:Cross-compiling NDN projects for home routers|OpenWrt and DD-WRT home routers]]

    * [[ndn-embedded:Cross-compiling NDN projects for Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi]]

    * [NDN on Galileo (Intel's x86 Arduino-certified development board)](http://schwannden.gitbooks.io/ndn-on-galileo/)

## NFD Developer Resources

[//]: # (### UML diagrams)

[//]: # (* [NFD-UML](http://named-data.net/doc/nfd-uml/) (outdated))

[[Contributing Code]]

### Platform and libraries

* [C++17](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp), [[CodeStyle|code style guidelines]]

* [[Boost|Boost C++ libraries]]

* [ndn-cxx](https://docs.named-data.net/ndn-cxx/), an NDN C++ client library

* [waf build system](https://waf.io/)

### Development process

* [Learn Git Branching game](http://pcottle.github.io/learnGitBranching/index.html)

* [How to Write a Git Commit Message](http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/)

* [gerrit code review](https://gerrit.named-data.net/), more information:

  * [GerritJenkinsGit on OpenStack](https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/GerritJenkinsGit)

  * [Gerrit on MediaWiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit)

  * [Git and Gerrit in Action](https://www.jboss.org/dms/judcon/presentations/Boston2011/JUDConBoston2011_day1track2session6.pdf)

  * [Using Gerrit Code Review in an Open Source Project](http://redmine.named-data.net/attachments/download/6/gerrit-slides-130203050220-phpapp01.pdf)

  * [Gerrit Code Review - A Quick Introduction](https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.13.1/intro-quick.html)

  * [git-review](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/git-review)

* [[CodeCoverage|Code Coverage]]

* [[IntegrationTests|Integration Tests]]

### HOWTOs for beginners

* [HOWTO assign a Redmine issue to yourself](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/nfd-dev/2015-February/000801.html)

* [HOWTO clone the NFD repository](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/nfd-dev/2015-April/001023.html)

* [HOWTO checkout two pending commits to local machine](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/nfd-dev/2015-June/001147.html)

* [HOWTO see details of Jenkins build error](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/nfd-dev/2016-February/001550.html)

* [HOWTO reply to a review comment on Gerrit](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/nfd-dev/2016-March/001607.html)

* [HOWTO write a bug report effectively](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/nfd-dev/2016-May/001748.html)

* [HOWTO solve "undefined symbol" error](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/nfd-dev/2016-August/001973.html)

* [HOWTO update NFD devguide](http://www.lists.cs.ucla.edu/pipermail/nfd-dev/2017-March/002298.html)

* [How I setup my NFD development machine](https://yoursunny.com/t/2018/NFD-devbox-ubuntu16/) (slightly outdated)

### Advanced

* [Environment to analyze coredumps of NFD and other NDN apps](https://github.com/cawka/nfd-debug-environment)

### Historical information

* [[OS X with Homebrew|NDN on OS X with Homebrew]]

* [[ccndKnowledge|Knowledge about ccnd]]

* [CCNx protocol](http://www.ccnx.org/releases/ccnx-0.7.2/doc/technical/CCNxProtocol.html)

* [NDNFD](https://github.com/NDN-Routing/NDNFD)

### Misc

* [[NDN Team License Boilerplate (NFD)]]

* [[ndn-cxx:NDN Team License Boilerplate (ndn-cxx)]]

* [[nlsr:NDN Team License Boilerplate (NLSR)]]

* [ndnSIM](https://ndnsim.net/)