This page provides information on how to use and understand the PathPainter Application for the ONOS Web UI.
The PathPainter application allows the user to see the different type of paths between two entities in ONOS, regarding of their type.
The application has three different modes for three different type of paths:
In order to use the PathPainter application you need to have onos installed and configured. In the ONOS console you should first start the gui:
$: onos-gui |
Once the GUI is stated up in your browser you should activate the pathpainter app by opening the left-side panel, going to applications, findin org.onosproject.pathpainter and cliking activate button on the upper-right side corner.
You can than return to the topology view and open the toolbar panel in the bottom left side of the screen by pressing the dot key.
Once you have the toolbar open you should see the pathPainter Icon (todo insert top icon). Clicking on the Icon will activate the application GUI overlay.
While in the PathPainter application there are different key mappings and buttons for different functionalities.
Button | Key | Functionality |
---|---|---|
1 | Set source device | |
2 | Set destination device | |
3 | Swap source and destination device | |
4 | Set the path computation to shortest | |
5 | Set the path computation to disjoint | |
6 | Set the path computation to geoData | |
Right arrow | Go to the next path in the set of paths from source and destination | |
Left arrow | Go to theprevious path in the set of paths from source and destination |