DIMES Planner The DIMES Project Tel Aviv University

DIMES Planner The DIMES Project Tel Aviv University October-2010

Agenda n DIMES Website n Planner Login n Creating a new experiment - Wizard n Creating a new experiment - XML n Monitoring an experiment n Experiments’ results n Log in to DIMES database n Using My. Sql

DIMES Website n n http: //www. netdimes. org Main page: ¡ ¡ ¡ n Agent and measurements status Agents’ geographical distribution News and updates Navigation menu: ¡ ¡ ¡ Download the agent! Browse the website Access forums and support n Can be very helpful!

Planner Login n n http: //www. netdimes. org/Planner/login. jsp or From navigation menu: ¡ For Researchers n Plan a DIMES experiment

Planner Login n Create a new user: Click on register to create a new account Fill in your details

Planner Login n Main Page: ¡ ¡ n 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 n 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)

Creating a wizard experiment n n Select “Edit Details” on the manage experiments page Edit test properties Click to continue

Creating a wizard experiment Define measuring agents Define destination targets

Creating a wizard experiment Name of a new agents group Number of agents in the group Agents are automatically selected based on a given condition: Select agent condition Submit agents group

Creating a wizard experiment Name of a new destinations group Number of IPs in the group Method of IP selection Logical selection is as with agents. Fixes selection: : Single destination IP address to add Copy-paste IP addresses from a text editor List of added IP addresses

Creating a wizard experiment

Creating a wizard experiment Match source to destination group by selecting (selection will be highlighted):

Creating a wizard experiment n n Experiment is ready! Press “submit” on “Manage Experiments” page. Experiment will be review and approved by the DIMES team n Required in order to avoid abuse n Control agent resources Once an experiment is approved, it’s status will change to “Running”

Creating a wizard experiment Name of a new agents group Number of agents in the group Agents are automatically selected based on a given condition: Select agent condition Submit agents group

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 Scrolling down the page: Example XML files Additional Instructions

Creating XML experiment <? xml version="1. 0"? > <DIMES_experiment> <general. Properties protocol="UDP" operation="TR"> <name> planner_xml_12 -3 -10 </name> <description>Example of using an XML to create an experiment </description> </general. Properties> <groups> <agents> <logical. Group name="Agents 1" max="10“> <conditions> <condition param="Last. Access" relation="undefined"> <values>10</values> </conditions> </logical. Group> </agents> <dests> <fixed. Group name="Agents 1" max="10"> 194. 90. 1. 5 132. 66. 48. 2 209. 85. 135. 104 </fixed. Group> </dests> </groups> <mapping> <map. Item agents. Group="Agents 1" dests. Group="Agents 1" /> </mapping> </DIMES_experiment> :

Creating XML experiment n n n After submitting: n Will get a success message if the experiment was written correctly n A copy of the experiment will be mailed to you n Will get an error message if there was a mistake in the XML file Manage Experiments page: n Review and change the experiment n Submit the experiment when ready From here on, identical to a Wizard experiment

Monitoring an experiment n First option: n Manage Experiments page n Click on an experiment’s “View details” n Click on “View experiment history log” n Observe the experiment’s progress n Check and verify that it makes a progress!

Monitoring an experiment n Second option: n Statistics/Results page n Click on an experiment’s “More details” n Observe the experiment’s progress n Check and verify that it makes a progress!

Experiment’s Results n n n Access n Statistics/Results page n Click on an experiment’s “More details” Request results file: n Raw results / Traceroutes / Pings / etc. n Will be sent via mail Results are also added to DIMES main tables

Log In to DIMES DB n n Accessing DIMES DB requires to open a tunnel to TAU servers Use Putty n http: //www. chiark. greenend. org. uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Required configuration: n Host name: gp. tau. ac. il n Under connections SSH Tunnels n Need to be configured for each database n Source port: <N> (example: 5551) n Destination: b<n>. evergrow. iucc. ac. il: 3306 n Example: b 1. evergrow. iucc. ac. il: 3306 n Press Add! n Save! Use your TAU user and password to log in

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My. Sql Access n n n DIMES database is My. Sql based Use My. Sql workbench SQL Development n Formerly My. Sql Query Browser Database access: n Localhost: <port number> n Example: localhost : 5551 / 127. 0. 0. 1 : 5551 n Configured under “New Connection” or “Manage Connections” n User: n code. Limited n Can only read n Write under DIMES_PLAYGROUND schema only

My. Sql Access

My. Sql Access

My. Sql Access n n n Running My. Sql queries: n Read at http: //www. mysql. com/ Select forst the Schema The most basic query: n Select * from Table_name; Basic Format: n Select <fields name> from <table names> where <conditions> group by <field name> order by <field name> limit <results number>; n Example: Select source. As, Source. IP, Dest. As, Dest. IP from IPEdges. Median. Tbl where Source. As=Dest. As order by source. IP limit 10; Many more query types and features!

My. Sql Access