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| Original author(s) | Jean-Vincent Loddo, Luca Saiu |
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| Developer(s) | Jean-Vincent Loddo, Luca Saiu |
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| Written in | OCaml |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Platform | x86,x86 64 |
| Size | 3.3MB[1] |
| Type | Network virtualization |
| License | GPLv2+ |
| Website | www |
Marionnet is a virtual network laboratory: it allows users to define, configure and run complex computer networks without any need for physical setup. Only a single, possibly even non-networked Linux host machine is required to simulate a whole Ethernet network complete with computers, routers, hubs, switches, cables, and moreSupport is also provided for integrating the virtual network with the physical host network.
Marionnet was born in April 2005 as a simple textual interface toNetkit, written inOCaml by Jean-Vincent Loddo at theParis 13 University for his ownnetworking course.
The code has since been completely rewritten and redesigned in September 2005, in order to remove the dependency fromNetkit and to ease the construction of a graphical interface, partly built onDOT.The architecture was further extended and the system made more general when Luca Saiu joined the project in 2007, contributing in particular to the dynamic reconfiguration aspects.
The system is now in active use in several universities inMetropolitan France[2][3] and other countries.[4]
Marionnet has reached a fairly stable state and is being successfully used for teaching networks in several universities around the world. The current development is centered around making the system easier to use for the average end user, with a particular emphasis on documentation.Internationalization is on the way (mostly in themarionnet_i18n branch) throughGNU Gettext.
So far Marionnet has been presented at two internationalComputer Science conferences, many French events[5] and atFOSDEM.[6]
On top of a Linux host, the emulation of guest machines is achieved throughUser Mode Linux technology that allows to run many Linux kernels in user space as regular processes.
VDE - Virtual Distributed Ethernet project is responsible of linking together Uml machines in a virtual network,its purpose is to emulate cable, hub and switch devices allowing also to introduce perturbations in the communication.
On top of this raw emulated network Marionnet acts as a coherent manager and as a GUI.
Marionnet is an example of a complex concurrent application written in afunctional language, using relatively advanced programming techniques.[7]
Marionnet has showed good performance with complex networks (~15 machines) even on relatively old machines, remaining very responsive.The main concern is disk usage but that largely depends on the distribution of choice; pinocchio is the custom distro that was developed to meet average needs.
The main goal of Marionnet is the teaching of computers networks in university laboratories,[8] although it could be a valuable tool also for high schools.Despite being teaching-oriented Marionnet may be used to emulate networks for test or development purposes.[9] It is quite easy to set up, fast even with complicated configurations and the possibility of reverting filesystem changes on virtual machines makes it quite flexible.
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