Getting Started¶
This page gives some information on how to access an OMF-enabled testbed.
If you are a new user, you may want to first read the short OMF System Overview and/or the Experiment Life-cycle Overview.
Option 1: Accessing an existing OMF-enabled testbed¶
Before you start using OMF to develop and execute your experiment, you should:
- have a valid account to log on to a particular testbed with OMF installed
- if required, have reserved a time slot for running your experiment on that testbed
Different institutions with different policies currently provide testbeds with OMF installed. Some of these testbeds are publicly available, others are not. At the moment, the methods to access (and reserve if required) resources are different for each publicly available OMF-enabled testbeds.
Use these links for specific information on these testbeds:
- Access the indoor testbed at NICTA, Sydney, Australia
- Access the ORBIT testbed at Winlab, Rutgers University, USA
One of the future feature of OMF is to support the federation of multiple heterogeneous testbeds. As such, a future OMF release will provide a unified way to reserve and access resources provided by various publicly available testbeds.
Our OMF Deployment page holds a list of OMF-enabled testbeds (publicly available or not).
Option 2: Installing your own OMF testbed¶
Another way to access an OMF testbed is to install your own one.
To build a simple testbed and install OMF on it, you would need at least 2 to 3 machines, one switch, and an Internet connection. Comprehensive installation instructions can be found on our Download and Installation page.