Use IPOP on CentOS, Manually

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	Description
Tested on	CentOS 7 x64
Estimated	~ 10 Minutes
Question(s)	- How to install IPOP? - How to run IPOP? - How to remove IPOP?
Objective(s)	- Install IPOP - Run IPOP - Stop IPOP - Remove IPOP

Download and Install Dependencies

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common git make libssl-dev make g++-4.9 
sudo apt-get install -y python3 python-pip python-dev
sudo pip install -v sleekxmpp==1.3.1  
sudo pip install psutil pystun

Get IPOP Binary

Download the proper version of IPOP from our latest release.

Then go to the download directory and extract the file (Put in the actual file name):

tar -xzvf ipop-vxxx_centos7.tar.gz
cd ipop-vxxx_centos7

Copy Configuration File

You will need a valid configuration file (ipop-config.json) to run IPOP. Go to the directory you have your config file and copy the file to the config directory:

cp PATH/TO/CONFIGFILE/ipop-config.json config/

Run IPOP TinCan

scl enable rh-python35 bash
sudo ./ipop-tincan &

Run IPOP Controller

scl enable rh-python35 bash
python -m controller.Controller -c ./config/ipop-config.json &

Now, if everything is going well, IPOP should be run.

Stop IPOP

Stop IPOP Tincan

sudo killall ipop-tincan  

Stop IPOP Controller

ps aux | grep -v grep | grep controller.Controller | awk '{print $2}' | xargs sudo kill -9

Remove IPOP

To uninstall IPOP, its is safe to stop it first and then remove the IPOP execution directory.

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Key Points Summary

• Run IPOP:

sudo ./ipop-tincan &
python -m controller.Controller -c ./config/ipop-config.json &

• Stop IPOP:

sudo killall ipop-tincan  
ps aux | grep -v grep | grep controller.Controller | awk '{print $2}' | xargs sudo kill -9