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Remote Netconf Device

• IPV4 or IPV6
• Point-to-point connection to "tunnel client"
• "tunnel client" IP is used as termination IP for VES Message

SSH tunnel Client

• Linux machine (e.g. Raspberry Pi 3B with 1 gig ram) 
• Configuration with IPV6 and IPV4 DHCP
• SSH Client, with setup to connect to "SSH tunnel server" via "OWL SSH" Gateway

Installation Guide using the existing configuration of PI

1. Connect Laptop directly  to Raspberry PI for configuration of the PI.
2. ssh pi@raspberrypi.local (user: pi pw: raspberry)
3. sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
4. Please update the parameters accordently

   
   

   Code Block
   network={   ssid="JoyToTheWorld" psk="temp_password" }

   
   

5. sudo service radvd stop 

6. sudo systemctl disable radvd.service // to deactivate DHCPv6

7. sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

8. comment the following line

   
   

   Code Block
   # static ip6_address=2001:db8::1/64

   
   

9. save and close (ctrl-o, ctrl-x)
10. Restart the Pi with sudo reboot 
11. wait 60s
12. Discconect cable from Labtop, connect cable end to O-RAN device network
13. Connect Labtop to WIFI of the SSID as configured above.
14. ssh pi@raspberrypi.local (user: pi pw: raspberry)
15. ifconfig
    1. remember the IPv6 of eth0 which is close to the IpV6 of the O-RAN device (should be different to fe80:...)

16. Edit tunnel.sh for NCPORT and REMOTEIP with O-RAN device parameters (remote from PI point of view)

    Code Block
    #variables: here you can change # netconf port of the device NCPORT=830 # user for winlab access WINLAB_USER="micha" # ip of the remote RAN device REMOTEIP="[2001:db8::4e50:afd7:a5c6:3d88]"

    
    

17. start tmux
18. start tunnel.sh (./tunnel.sh)
19. Configure VES EndPoint in O-RAN device
    1. use for IP the one from step 15a
    2. VES port is 30235
       1. url: http://<ip-from-15a>:30235
    3. no_auth
20. Configure in OWL ONAP SDN-R the mount point with the 10.31.3.71:<NCPORT> of step 16.

Installation Guide from scratch

• Download raspbian-lite image (https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/)
• extract zip file
• flash img file to microsd card
  • linux: dd bs=1M if=file/to/flash.img of=/dev/devicetoflash
  • windows: use win32diskimager
• after finished flashing, remount microsd on your computer to add some files
  • create an empty file on boot partition named "ssh"
  • create a file on boot partition named "wpa_supplicant" with the following content

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
    ssid="NETWORK-NAME"
    psk="NETWORK-PASSWORD"
}

• unmount microsd card and put it into raspberry pi and start
• now you have to find out the ip address the pi gets in your wifi
  • for me with nmap -sn 192.168.202.0/24
• then you can login with ssh pi@ip-address
• if you do not have a local dns in your network you can also try ssh pi@raspberrypi.local

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install radvd
$ ssh-keygen

$ sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf

  net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1

$ sudo reboot
$ sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

  static ip6_address=2001:db8::1/64

$ sudo nano /etc/radvd.conf

  interface eth0 {
     AdvSendAdvert on;
     AdvLinkMTU 1280;
     MaxRtrAdvInterval 120;
     prefix 2001:db8::/64 { };
     AdvSourceLLAddress on;
  };

$ sudo systemctl enable radvd.service
$ sudo reboot

• now we create a script called tunnel.sh

#!/bin/bash

#please do not change
VESPORT=30235
WINLAB_GATEWAY_IP="10.31.3.71"
VES_COLLECTOR_IP="10.31.3.20"

#variables: here you can change
# netconf port
NCPORT=2230
# user for winlab access
WINLAB_USER="micha"
# ip of the remote RAN device 
REMOTEIP="[2001:db8::4e50:afd7:a5c6:3d88]"


ssh -L$VESPORT:localhost:$VESPORT -R$NCPORT:$REMOTEIP:$NCPORT $WINLAB_USER@console.sb10.orbit-lab.org -t \                                                                                                        
  ssh -L$VESPORT:localhost:$VESPORT -R$NCPORT:localhost:$NCPORT -X native@10.30.1.1 -t \
  ssh -L$VESPORT:$VES_COLLECTOR_IP:$VESPORT -R$NCPORT:localhost:$NCPORT -X ubuntu@$WINLAB_GATEWAY_IP

• and make it afterwards executable with "chmod +x tunnel.sh"
• provide the generated ssh public key to a valid winlab user

cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub

Example of using the PI to connect any device to OWL

The PI has the SSH tunnel pre-configured. However, the SSID and its password need to be configured.

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ssh pi@raspberrypi.local

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Cabling

Just power cables and Ethernet between the Device and the PI.

Detailed view

Connection Status in OWL at ONAP