NeST: Network Stack Tester
Project description
NeST: Network Stack Tester
NeST is a python3 package that handles testbed setup, testbed configuration,
collecting and visualizing data by providing a user friendly API, addressing
common issues involved in conducting networking experiments.
The paper introducing NeST was accepted at ANRW'20.
NeST source code repository is maintained at GitLab.
NOTE: NeST is currently in beta stage.
Installation
Instructions to install NeST can be found in
install.rst.
Examples
Several examples, that explain the basic APIs and features of NeST, are available in the examples directory.
Documentation
The documentation of NeST APIs can be read online at: https://nest.nitk.ac.in/docs/
Instructions for generating/building the API documentation can be found in docs/README.md folder.
Unit tests
Tests can be found in nest/tests folder.
Run the below command in the repo's root folder to run the tests.
sudo python3 -m unittest -v
NOTE: NeST requires root access currently to create and manage network namespaces.
Contributing
To contribute, read CONTRIBUTING.md
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