janene/mininet_with_docker repository overview

⁠start container

docker run -itd --privileged
--name mininet-test
-e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
mininet_with_docker

⁠X11（run it in your host）

xhost +si:localuser:root

⁠get into container

docker exec -it mininet-test bash

⁠test tools

sudo docker ps # test Docker
xterm & # test X11
iperf3 -s & # test iperf server
ping 8.8.8.8 -c 2 # test network

⁠test Mininet

mn --topo single,2
mininet> h1 tcpdump -i h1-eth0 -c 2 -w /tmp/h1.pcap &
mininet> h1 ping -c 2 h2
mininet> exit
tcpdump -r /tmp/h1.pcap # check the result