installation

CentOS

Verified on CentOS 7.


Build

This section explains how to build NextEPC from the source codes.

  • Install MongoDB

    MongoDB is used for the database of NextEPC. Please refer Manual for the installation:
sudo sh -c 'cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-3.4.repo
[mongodb-org-3.4]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/\$releasever/mongodb-org/3.4/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-3.4.asc
EOF'

sudo yum -y install mongodb-org
sudo systemctl start mongod (if '/usr/bin/mongod' is not running)

  • Define a TUN device

    Create pgwtun:
sudo yum -y install iproute
sudo ip tuntap add name pgwtun mode tun
sudo ip addr add 45.45.0.1/16 dev pgwtun
sudo ip addr add cafe::1/64 dev pgwtun
sudo ip link set pgwtun up

  • Install dependencies

    Install the following dependencies:
sudo yum -y install git flex bison autoconf libtool \
         lksctp-tools-devel libidn-devel gnutls-devel libgcrypt-devel \
         openssl-devel cyrus-sasl-devel libyaml-devel

  • Build

    Download and compile source codes, then will be installed to `pwd`/install/:
git clone https://github.com/nextepc/nextepc
cd nextepc
autoreconf -iv
./configure --prefix=`pwd`/install
make -j `nproc`
make install

  • Run

    nextepc-epcd is the daemon lauching all necessary daemons automatically:
nextepc-epcd

  • Install Node.js

    Node.js is required to install NextEPC WebUI:
curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo bash -
sudo yum -y install nodejs

  • Install the dependencies of WebUI

    Goto the TOP/webui of NextEPC source. Install WebUI dependencies:
cd webui
npm install

npm run dev

Next step: Configuration