Cherry is an OpenFlow controller written in Go that supports OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 protocols. This project is not designed for general purpose, and it instead focuses on SDN (Software-Defined Networking) for an IT service provider.

• Supports OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 protocols
• Focuses on compatibility with commercial OpenFlow-enabled switches
• Supports network topology that has loops in it
• Provides several northbound applications: ProxyARP, L2Switch, Floating-IP, etc.
• Provides simple plugin system for northbound applications

• Dell Force10 S4810
• Dell Force10 S3048-ON

• MySQL (or MariaDB) database server

You can install Cherry on Docker or natively from source based on your preference.

• Install Docker if you don't have it on your system by following instruction: https://docs.docker.com/installation/
• Clone Cherry:

$ git clone https://github.com/superkkt/cherry.git

• Copy the template configuration:

$ sudo cp cherry/cherryd/cherryd.conf /usr/local/etc

• Edit MySQL information from /usr/local/etc/cherryd.conf:

[database]
host = DB_HOST
port = DB_PORT
user = DB_USER
password = DB_PASSWORD
name = DB_NAME

• Build Docker image as root:

# cd cherry; docker build -t cherryd .

• Run as root:

# docker run -d -p 6633:6633 -v /usr/local/etc/cherryd.conf:/usr/local/etc/cherryd.conf cherryd

• That's it! Cherry will be started in L2 switch mode.

• Install Go language if you don't have it on your system by following instruction: http://golang.org/doc/install
• Clone and compile Cherry:

$ go get github.com/superkkt/cherry/cherryd

• Copy the compiled binary and template configuration:

$ sudo cp $GOPATH/bin/cherryd /usr/local/bin

$ sudo cp $GOPATH/src/github.com/superkkt/cherry/cherryd/cherryd.conf /usr/local/etc

• Edit MySQL information from /usr/local/etc/cherryd.conf:

[database]
host = DB_HOST
port = DB_PORT
user = DB_USER
password = DB_PASSWORD
name = DB_NAME

• Run:

$ /usr/local/bin/cherryd &

• That's it! Cherry will be started in L2 switch mode.

Copyright (C) 2015 Samjung Data Service, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kitae Kim <superkkt@sds.co.kr>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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