The paragraph described general guidelines for developers who want to download and work on the M-CORD source code, or need to to mock special development environments.
M-CORD is part of the default CORD code base. To know how you can [download the cord source code, go here](/getting_the_code.md}.
Each M-CORD service lives in a specific repository. A list of M-CORD services and links to their repositories is available in the main page of this guide.
Note: M-CORD source code is available from the 4.1 release (branch) of CORD.
As for other CORD profiles, M-CORD can also be deployed in environments other than physical PODs. This creates a more convenient environment for developers, using less resources and providing a faster development life-cycle.
Two environments are available, depending on your needs:
To understand what a local development environment is, what it can help you with, and how to build it, see here.
When it’s time to specify the PODCONFIG file, use mcord-cavium-mock.yml, instead of the default value (rcord-mock.yml)
To understand what CiaB is and what it can help you with, see here. Note that, in general, CiaB is useful for validating basic functionality and not for testing performance.
To build M-CORD CiaB, follow the virtual install steps.
Note: If you are building on CloudLab, specify the profile
MCORD-in-a-Boxrather thanOnePC-Ubuntu14.04.5. This will select a machine with enough resources to run M-CORD.
When it’s time to specify the PODCONFIG file, use mcord-cavium-virtual.yml, instead of the default value, rcord-virtual.yml.
Warning: At today, given the number of VNFs that M-CORD provides, it requires more resources than what other CORD use-cases do. For this reason, in order to experiment with M-CORD-in-a-Box you’ll need a bigger physical server than the ones required to build other physical PODs. Specifically, you'll need to have processors with at least a total of 24 physical cores.
More detailed instructions on how to develop and deploy using CiaB can be found in the general CORD troubleshooting guide.