Overview

Since users is the file server, it is important that we install and reboot it first. We can then proceed with the boss installation, since part of the boss installation involved mounting directories exported during users setup.

Make sure your network is working first

All network traffic between boss and users goes by default over their private networks. It is important that your boss and users images are able to ping each other through router.

Build Process

The original installation documentation is here. I strongly recommend reading through it in order to understand where the DETER install process is evolving from:

​https://users.emulab.net/trac/emulab/wiki/InstallRoot

Building the testbed software

Create a build user of your choice on boss and users. If you are unfamiliar with FreeBSD, the process for creating users is laid out in the ​FreeBSD handbook. Make sure the user is in the group 'wheel' so sudo can be used.

Login as this user and clone the testbed repository:

su -l <builduser>
git clone tardis.deterlab.net:/var/local/git/testbed

Create the object tree directory.

mkdir ~<builduser>/obj

Now go into the ~<builduser>/obj directory.

cd ~<builduser>/obj
../testbed/configure --with-TBDEFS=/home/<builduser>/testbed/defs-<your defs>

This will create the object tree for the testbed.

The install process is handled by two scripts. One is boss-install and the other is users-install, for boss and users.

cd ~<builduser>/obj/install
sudo perl ./[boss|users]-install

If the install process complains about an outdated metapackage, please refer to the next section.

Updating the DETER meta packages

Since I have generated these images, I have added a few more packages to the meta package for the deter install and bumped the revision. Once you create a bootstrap user and have the repository cloned onto the image, updating should be painless:

 cd testbed/install/ports                                                                                                    
 sudo make install                                                                                                           
 cd /usr/ports/misc/instant-deter                                                                                            
 sudo make deinstall                                                                                                         
 sudo make reinstall                                                                                                         

Updating the codebase

In order to update the codebase, running the install script is not necessary.

cd ~<builduser>/testbed
git pull
cd ~<builduser>/obj
../testbed/configure --with-TBDEFS=/home/jjh/testbed/defs-<your defs>
gmake
gmake [boss|users]-install