Configuration File Format » History » Version 13
A K M Mahmudul Hoque, 05/07/2014 07:45 AM
1 | 1 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ## Configuration File Format |
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3 | NLSR is configured using an [INFO file](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/doc/html/boost_propertytree/parsers.html#boost_propertytree.parsers.info_parser). |
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5 | ## Example configuration |
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7 | ; the router section contains the setting of network, site name |
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8 | ; and router name which all together makes router-prefix |
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10 | router |
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12 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; mandatory configuration command section |
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14 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | network /ndn ; name of the network the router belongs to in ndn URI format |
15 | site /memphis.edu ; name of the site the router belongs to in ndn URI format |
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16 | router /cs/pollux ; name of the network the router belongs to in ndn URI format |
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19 | ; the hello section describes the configuration settings for NLSR hello protocol |
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21 | hello |
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23 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; in case hello interest timed out, router will try 'retrials' times at 'interval' seconds |
24 | ; interval before giving up for any neighbors (deciding link is down) |
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26 | retrials 3 ; interest retry number in integer. Default value 3 |
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27 | ; valid values 1-10 |
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29 | 12 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | interval 1 ; interest sending interval in seconds. Default value 1 |
30 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; valid values 1-15 |
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32 | ; neighbor command is used to configure router's neighbor. Each neighbor will need |
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33 | 1 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; one block of neighbor command |
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35 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | neighbor |
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37 | 12 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | name /ndn/memphis.edu/cs/castor ; name prefix of the neighbor router consists |
38 | ; of network, site-name and router-name |
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40 | 12 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | face-uri udp://castor.cs.memphis.edu ; face id of the face connected to the neighbor |
41 | link-cost 20.6 ; cost of the connecting link to neighbor |
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45 | ; the synchronization section contains all the configuration settings for router's update |
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46 | ; synchronization with neighbors in the network |
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48 | synchronization |
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50 | ; lsa-refresh-time is the time in seconds, after which router will refresh its LSAs |
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52 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | lsa-refresh-time 1800 ; default value 1800. Valid values 240-7200 |
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55 | 1 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; the hyperbolic section contains the configuration settings of enabling a router to calculate |
56 | 3 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; routing table using [hyperbolic routing table calculation](http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1266) method |
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58 | hyperbolic |
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60 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; commands in this section follows a strict order |
61 | 2 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; the switch is used to set hyperbolic routing calculation in NLSR |
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63 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | state off ; default value 'off', set value 'on' to enable hyperbolic routing table |
64 | 4 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; calculation which turns link state routing 'off'. set value to 'dry-run" |
65 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; to test hyperbolic routing and compare with link state routing. |
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68 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | radius 123.456 ; radius of the router in hyperbolic coordinate system |
69 | angle 1.45 ; angle of the router in hyperbolic coordinate system |
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73 | 6 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; the fib section is used to configure fib entry's type to ndn FIB updated by NLSR |
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75 | fib |
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77 | 6 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | ; the max-faces-per-prefix is used to limit the number of faces for each name prefixes |
78 | ; by NLSR in ndn FIB |
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80 | 9 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | max-faces-per-prefix 3 ; default value 0. Valid value 0-60. By default (value 0) NLSR adds |
81 | ; all available faces for each reachable name prefixes in NDN FIB |
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85 | ; the advertising section contains the configuration settings of the name prefixes |
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86 | ; hosted by this router |
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88 | advertising |
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90 | ; the ndnname is used to advertised name from the router. To advertise each name prefix |
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91 | ; configure one block of ndnname configuration command for every name prefix. |
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93 | 10 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | prefix /ndn/edu/memphis/cs/netlab ; name in ndn URI format |
94 | prefix /ndn/edu/memphis/sports/basketball |
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95 | 5 | A K M Mahmudul Hoque | } |