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+'''
+ Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+
+'''
+from mininet.cli import CLI
+from mininet.log import setLogLevel
+from mininet.net import Mininet
+from mininet.topo import Topo
+from mininet.node import RemoteController, UserSwitch
+
+class MinimalTopo( Topo ):
+    "Minimal topology with a single switch and two hosts"
+
+    def build( self ):
+        # Create two hosts.
+        h1 = self.addHost( 'h1' )
+        h2 = self.addHost( 'h2' )
+
+        # Create a switch
+        s1 = self.addSwitch( 's1', cls=UserSwitch)
+
+        # Add links between the switch and each host
+        self.addLink( s1, h1 )
+        self.addLink( s1, h2 )
+
+def runMinimalTopo():
+    "Bootstrap a Mininet network using the Minimal Topology"
+
+    # Create an instance of our topology
+    topo = MinimalTopo()
+
+    # Create a network based on the topology using OVS and controlled by
+    # a remote controller.
+    net = Mininet(
+        topo=topo,
+        controller=lambda name: RemoteController( name, ip='127.0.0.1' ),
+        switch=UserSwitch,
+        autoSetMacs=True )
+
+    # Actually start the network
+    net.start()
+
+    # Drop the user in to a CLI so user can run commands.
+    CLI( net )
+
+    # After the user exits the CLI, shutdown the network.
+    net.stop()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # This runs if this file is executed directly
+    setLogLevel( 'info' )
+    runMinimalTopo()
+
+# Allows the file to be imported using `mn --custom <filename> --topo minimal`
+topos = {
+    'minimal': MinimalTopo
+}