Install with Tarball

Step 1 Go to download.denovolab.com

Download api, database, systemd service files, falcon_rest package, ui and switch binaries

Supported OS is Centos7

First time install:

Run the following commands:

yum -y install epel-release
yum -y install https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-7-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
yum -y install centos-release-scl
yum clean expire-cache
yum -y install python3 python3-pip python3-devel libnetfilter_conntrack postgresql12 postgresql12-devel wget lzma openssl-devel xz-devel gcc libjpeg-turbo-devel ntp python-devel tcpdump wireshark make bzip2-devel sqlite-devel zip expect telnet git ntp redis nginx postgresql12-server prefix12 ip4r12 postgresql12-contrib
  • Check if selinux is enabled, and if true, set it to permissive or disable it

  • Install NodeJS for the UI with the following commands:

curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo bash -
yum install -y nodejs
create user  webbackend and denovo_v6:
-          useradd  denovo_v6  -d /opt/denovo_v6
-          useradd  -r  webbackend
  • copy content of the systemd.tar.gz into /etc/systemd/system

  • initialize postgresql server:

  • Go to /opt/pgsql/12/data/, edit pg_hba.conf:

  • Start Postgres server using the following command:

  • Unpack database archive and prepare and load db. In psql command prompt , make database named class4_dnl.

Here is how you enter into Postgres prompt:

Here is how you create .a Postgres database:

After that, you navigate to the folder where you unpacked database files

Then you can install Python Backend:

  • In the directory /opt/denovo_v6 copy contend of the switch binaries

  • Create directory web and put content of the UI archive there

  • Go to the dir where api_dnl is and run following commands:

  • Create file named denovo.conf in the /etc/nginx/conf.d/ and put following:

  • Restart nginx.

  • Start all dnl services

Also make sure that redis and nginx is running, if you have firewall enabled, add port for the web ui into it

For the switch you need also to open ports in firewall if you are using it:

Default ones are 4319/udp , 5060/udp

After all is started you should be able to open UI on the ip address of your machine, and take rest configuration from there.

You must setup Selinux according to instruction here in order for UI to show up.

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