[Komal Thareja]

Unfortunately, we ran into an issue with Network AM. Provisioning for network services is impacted. The testbed would remain in Maintenance until this issue is resolved.

We will share updates here once the issue is resolved. Apologies for the inconvenience.

[Komal Thareja]

Hello Ze,

You can connect your VMs with various Layer 3 or Layer 2 network service available on FABRIC. Please follow along the examples Networking examplees from start_here.ipynb as shown below.

Local Ethernet (Layer 2) could be a good start. More details about the various network services can be found here.

• Networking
  • FABNet IPv4 (Layer 3): Connect to FABRIC’s IPv4 internet (manual, auto, full auto)
  • FABNet IPv4 Ext (Layer 3): Connect to FABRIC’s IPv4 internet with external access (manual)
  • FABNet IPv6 (Layer 3): Connect to FABRIC’s IPv6 internet (manual, auto, full auto)
  • FABNet IPv6 Ext (Layer 3): Connect to FABRIC’s IPv6 internet with external access (manual)
  • Local Ethernet (Layer 2): Create a private local Ethernet network on a FABRIC site (manual, auto, user defined)
  • Wide Area Link (Layer 2): Create a private WAN Ethernet link between FABRIC sites (manual, auto, user defined)
  • Facility Ports: Connect a FABRIC experiment to an external facility such as Chameleon.
  • Port Mirroring: Listen in on traffic in FABRIC dataplane using PortMirror service.

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Ze Yang

[Komal Thareja]

Hello Ze,

If VM is created via JH, in the list of Nodes/VM, there is a column which displays the SSH command that can be used to SSH to VM. Please use the SSH command to VMs.

Also, following commands may be useful to install mpi4py.

sudo apt update -y
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pip
sudo apt install mpich
sudo apt install libopenmpi-dev
sudo pip3 install mpi4py

 

NOTE: Please refer to https://learn.fabric-testbed.net/knowledge-base/generating-ssh-configuration-and-ssh-keys/#using-ssh-to-access-your-vms for more guidance on SSH to VMs.

 

Thanks,

Komal

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Ze Yang

[Komal Thareja]

Issue has been resolved now. You slice provisioning should work now.

[Komal Thareja]

FABRIC only allows SSH and few ICMP messages over the management interface. Hosting services on management network is not recommended. Instead, we recommend using data plane network for your service.

FABRIC serves as a secure sandbox, allowing students and researchers to experiment with potentially disruptive and vulnerable software architectures in a protected environment. When connecting external devices, such as laptops or servers, to nodes within a slice, it is crucial to employ secure methods like SSH tunnels. A Jupyter notebook example illustrates how to create SSH tunnels through the FABRIC bastion host. Alternatively, users can utilize personal VPNs like Tailscale for secure connections.

Exposing ports to the entire Internet is restricted, reserved only for exceptional cases where alternative solutions are not viable. Moreover, users undertaking such capabilities are responsible for deploying, maintaining, and ensuring the security of experiments, akin to a production data center. IPv4Ext and IPv6Ext services facilitate these capabilities.

For newcomers, getting acquainted with SSH tunnels is recommended due to their simplicity and security. If users have additional questions or require further guidance, they are encouraged to reach out.

Thanks,

Komal

[Komal Thareja]

Hi Robin,

There are libvirt issues on the worker your VMs are being created. We are looking at the issue and will keep you informed. However, could you please try using a different site than AMST in the meanwhile to unblock you?

Apologies for the inconvenience!

Thanks,

Komal

[Komal Thareja]

No, you don’t need to run “add/remove SSH keys” notebook. By default, when you create a slice, keys specified in your fabric_rc are already added to the VMs.

[Komal Thareja]

@Sanjana – your config looks correct. Could you please try creating a slice and try SSH? If the SSH still fails, could you please share your public key: /home/fabric/work/fabric_config/slice_key.pub

I can verify the correct key is being passed to the VM or not from backend.

Thanks,

Komal

[Komal Thareja]

@Vaiden – Issue has been resolved. You may have to do the following to resolve in your slice:

• Remove MAX VM and FabNetv4 Network Service connected to it
• Submit
• Add Max VM and FabNetv4 Network Service
• Submit

Thanks,

Komal

• This reply was modified 9 months, 3 weeks ago by Komal Thareja.

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Vaiden Logan

[Komal Thareja]

Issue has been resolved and maintenance is complete.

Thanks,

Komal

[Komal Thareja]

@Vaiden – we have identified the issue and will let you know once it is resolved. For more updates follow here: https://learn.fabric-testbed.net/forums/topic/maintenance-on-max-02-06-2024-900am-1200pm-est/

[Komal Thareja]

@Shoaib – Please consider running the commands as sudo  sudo <replace with command

Thanks,

Komal

[Komal Thareja]

@Sanjana,

Could you please share the output of following commands:?

cat ~/work/fabric_config/fabric_rc

cat ~/work/fabric_config/ssh_config

ls -ltr ~/work/fabric_config

Thanks,

Komal

[Komal Thareja]

@Sanjana – Could you please remove this file if it exists ~/work/fabric_config/ssh_config and run the validate_and_config.ipynb  notebook again?

Please try SSH to VMs via command line and share the error you see if it still fails.

Thanks,

Komal

[Komal Thareja]

@Sanjana – glad to hear that you were able to create a slice successfully, are you still facing errors when you SSH to the VMs?

Thanks,

Komal

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