= NOX - Network OS =
NOX is an !OpenFlow controller/ controller development platform. Here we'll use the "destiny" (v0.8) branch of NOX from the Git repository. 
== 1. installation ==
1. Install git, build-essential, doxygen (for up-to-date NOX docs)
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apt-get install git-core build-essential doxygen
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2. Pull NOX from git repo
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git clone git://noxrepo.org/nox
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3. Install dependencies 
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sudo apt-get install autoconf automake g++ libtool python python-twisted swig libboost-dev libxerces-c2-dev libssl-dev make libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-test-dev python-dev
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4. Switch to the proper branch and build
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git checkout -b destiny origin/destiny
./boot.sh
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
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5. generate documentation
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cd doc/doxygen            <<--from build directory, not ~/nox
make html
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== 2. using NOX ==
== 2.1. starting up NOX ==
nox_core is used to start the controller and to load any scripts. It is located under ~/nox/build/src . For example 
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./nox_core -v -i ptcp:6633 switch packetdump
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Will load the "learning switch" script. It will show up as "lt-nox_core" under `ps -ef`.