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# opendaylight

***

> The OpenDaylight project is an open source platform for Software Defined Networking (SDN) that uses open protocols to provide centralized, programmatic control and network device monitoring.

## 1. Installing OpenDaylight

Download `0.4.4-Beryllium-SR4/`

**To run the Karaf distribution:**

1. Unzip the zip file.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. run ./bin/karaf.

```bash
$ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/
$ tar -xvf distribution-karaf-0.6.1-Carbon.tar.gz
$ cd distribution-karaf-0.4.4-Beryllium-SR4
$ ./bin/karaf
Apache Karaf starting up. Press Enter to open the shell now...
100% [========================================================================]

Karaf started in 5s. Bundle stats: 64 active, 64 total

    ________                       ________                .__  .__       .__     __
    \_____  \ ______   ____   ____ \______ \ _____  ___.__.|  | |__| ____ |  |___/  |_
     /   |   \\____ \_/ __ \ /    \ |    |  \\__  \<   |  ||  | |  |/ ___\|  |  \   __\
    /    |    \  |_> >  ___/|   |  \|    `   \/ __ \\___  ||  |_|  / /_/  >   Y  \  |
    \_______  /   __/ \___  >___|  /_______  (____  / ____||____/__\___  /|___|  /__|
            \/|__|        \/     \/        \/     \/\/            /_____/      \/


Hit '<tab>' for a list of available commands
and '[cmd] --help' for help on a specific command.
Hit '<ctrl-d>' or type 'system:shutdown' or 'logout' to shutdown OpenDaylight.

opendaylight-user@root>
```

## 2. Install the Karaf features

To install a feature, use the following command, where feature1 is the feature name listed in the table below:

```bash
feature:install <feature1>
```

install multiple features using the following command:

```bash
feature:install <feature1> <feature2> ... <featureN-name>
```

## 3. Uninstalling features

To uninstall a feature, you must shut down OpenDaylight, delete the data directory, and start OpenDaylight up again.

> Important Uninstalling a feature using the Karaf feature:uninstall command is not supported and can cause unexpected and undesirable behavior.

## 4. Listing available features

To find the complete list of Karaf features, run the following command:

```bash
feature:list
```

To list the installed Karaf features, run the following command:

```bash
feature:list -i
```

```bash
feature:install odl-dlux-all odl-dlux-core odl-dlux-node odl-dlux-yangui odl-dlux-yangvisualizer
feature:install odl-ovsdb-openstack
feature:install odl-l2switch-switch odl-l2switch-switch-ui odl-l2switch-switch-rest
feature:install odl-vtn-manager-neutron odl-neutron-service odl-neutron-northbound-api
```


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