ixy.js

The JavaScript implementation of ixy. It features a state-of-the-art user-space network driver written in idiomatic JavaScript running on Node.js.

This should not be used in production environments or private, non-expendable machines as we cannot guarantee that this does not break other PCIe devices and their drivers if used incorrectly.

install node

Make sure you have sudo:

apt install sudo

sudo apt-get update

Install nvm via

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash

Then close and reopen your terminal to start using nvm or run the following to use it instantly:

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"

[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" # This loads nvm bash_completion

After that you can install and choose a node version by simply typing nvm install 10 and nvm use 10

build the program

To build the complete program simply use

npm run setup

If you want to work on the project, remember to also install dev dependencies to use the predefined formatting rules for ESLint.

You can do so via npm i or simply use npm run devsetup instead.

run program after building

to run the generate example:

npm run generate xxxx:xx:xx.x optionalBatchSize

to run the forward example: (remember, you need to send packets to those ports for forwarding to do something; Moongen can handle that)

npm run forward xxxx:xx:xx.x xxxx:xx:xx.x optionalBatchSize

The pci adresses should have the format xxxx:xx:xx.x and could look like this: 0000:03:00.0

If you add true after defining a batch size the program will also calculate an average speed for performance testing.