Standalone installation

OK! Let's start with our first standalone installation of ODL. I have discussed most of the basic Linux commands as many of you with networking background might not have experience in using them.

Also, I have created a virtual machine and have installed Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS. I have enabled SSH as well:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo service ssh start

The following screenshot illustrates the virtual machine I used for installing ODL:

We have a user created, named learningodl:

To create the user and add it to the sudo group, run the following commands:

sudo adduser learningodl
sudo usermod -aG sudo learningodl
su - learningodl

IP address settings

I have allocated the following IP address schema for the virtual machine:

IP Address: 192.168.20.51

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

To set the IP address on Ubuntu, you need to modify the interfaces file under /etc/network/.

Use the following command to edit the interfaces file:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

The following...