DIMES Planner

The DIMES Project

Tel Aviv University

October-2010

Agenda

DIMES Website

Planner Login

Creating a new experiment - Wizard

Creating a new experiment - XML

Monitoring an experiment

Experiments’ results

Log in to DIMES database

Using MySql

DIMES Website

http://www.netdimes.org Main page:

Agent and measurements status Agents’ geographical distribution News and updates

Navigation menu: Download the agent! Browse the website Access forums and support

Can be very helpful!

Planner Login

http://www.netdimes.org/Planner/login.jsp

or From navigation menu:

For Researchers Plan a DIMES experiment

Planner Login

Create a new user:

Click on registerto create a new account

Fill in your details

Planner Login

Main Page: Top menu – navigate within planner DIMES Planner FAQ

Top Menu Welcome – return to main page Manage experiments Statistics / Results Personal details Admin planner – For DIMES team only

Planner Login

Main Page:

Creating a wizard experiment

Select “Create a new experiment”

Creating a wizard experiment

Provide a UNIQUE Experiment name Desrcibe the experiment

(Required for experiment approval)

Select “Edit Details” on the manage experiments page Edit test properties

Creating a wizard experiment

Click to continue

Creating a wizard experiment

Define measuring agents

Define destination targets

Creating a wizard experiment

Name of a new agents groupNumber of agents in the group

Select agent condition

Submit agents group

Agents are automatically selected based on a given condition:

Creating a wizard experiment

Name of a new destinations groupNumber of IPs in the group

Single destination IP address to add

List of added IP addresses

Logical selection is as with agents.Fixes selection: :

Method of IP selection

Copy-paste IP addresses from atext editor

Creating a wizard experiment

Creating a wizard experiment

Match source to destination group by selecting )selection will be highlighted(:

Creating a wizard experiment

Experiment is ready! Press “submit” on “Manage Experiments” page. Experiment will be review and approved by the DIMES team

Required in order to avoid abuse Control agent resources

Once an experiment is approved, it’s status will change to “Running”

Creating a wizard experiment

Name of a new agents groupNumber of agents in the group

Select agent condition

Submit agents group

Agents are automatically selected based on a given condition:

Creating XML experiment

Select “Create a new experiment using XML file”

Creating XML experiment

Copy + Paste your xml file into the blank text area and press submit :

Press DTD to see file format

Creating XML experiment

Example XML files

Additional Instructions

Scrolling down the page:

<?xml version="1.0"?><DIMES_experiment> <generalProperties protocol="UDP" operation="TR"> <name> planner_xml_12-3-10 </name> <description>Example of using an XML to create an experiment </description> </generalProperties> <groups> <agents> <logicalGroup name="Agents1" max="10“>

<conditions><condition param="LastAccess" relation="undefined">

<values>10</values></condition>

</conditions> </logicalGroup> </agents> <dests> <fixedGroup name="Agents1" max="10"> 194.90.1.5 132.66.48.2 209.85.135.104 </fixedGroup> </dests> </groups> <mapping> <mapItem agentsGroup="Agents1" destsGroup="Agents1" /> </mapping></DIMES_experiment> :

Creating XML experiment

Creating XML experiment

After submitting: Will get a success message if the experiment was written

correctly A copy of the experiment will be mailed to you Will get an error message if there was a mistake in the XML file

Manage Experiments page: Review and change the experiment Submit the experiment when ready

From here on, identical to a Wizard experiment

Monitoring an experiment

First option: Manage Experiments page Click on an experiment’s “View details” Click on “View experiment history log” Observe the experiment’s progress

Check and verify that it makes a progress!

Monitoring an experiment

Second option: Statistics/Results page Click on an experiment’s “More details” Observe the experiment’s progress

Check and verify that it makes a progress!

Experiment’s Results

Access Statistics/Results page Click on an experiment’s “More details”

Request results file: Raw results / Traceroutes / Pings / etc. Will be sent via mail

Results are also added to DIMES main tables

Log In to DIMES DB

Accessing DIMES DB requires to open a tunnel to TAU servers Use Putty

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Required configuration:

Host name: gp.tau.ac.il Under connections SSH Tunnels

Need to be configured for each database Source port: <N> )example: 5551( Destination: b<n>. evergrow.iucc.ac.il:3306

Example: b1.evergrow.iucc.ac.il:3306 Press Add!

Save! Use your TAU user and password to log in

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Log In to DIMES DB

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Logging In to DIMES DB

MySql Access

DIMES database is MySql based Use MySql workbench SQL Development

Formerly MySql Query Browser Database access:

Localhost:<port number> Example: localhost : 5551 / 127.0.0.1 : 5551

Configured under “New Connection” or “Manage Connections” User:

codeLimited Can only read Write under DIMES_PLAYGROUND schema only

MySql Access

MySql Access

MySql Access

Running MySql queries: Read at http://www.mysql.com/

Select forst the Schema The most basic query:

Select * from Table_name; Basic Format:

Select <fields name> from <table names> where <conditions>group by <field name> order by <field name> limit <results number>;

Example:Select sourceAs, SourceIP, DestAs, DestIP from

IPEdgesMedianTbl where SourceAs=DestAs order by sourceIP limit 10;

Many more query types and features!

MySql Access