Build & Install OpenSAF

1. Introduction.

Create an Ubuntu Docker container.
Inside the container:
- Clone the OpenSAF source.
- Build and install OpenSAF.
- Start OpenSAF.

2. Setup Docker Container.

Create the docker container.

    
$ docker run --privileged -it -h SC-1 ubuntu:16.04

Inside the container, install packages needed for OpenSAF.

  
$ apt update

# packages for development
$ apt install -y mercurial gcc g++ libxml2-dev automake m4 autoconf libtool pkg-config make python-dev libsqlite3-dev rpm vim

# packages for runtime
$ apt install -y sqlite3 libxml2 psmisc

3. Build & Install OpenSAF.

Clone source OpenSAF.

  
$ hg clone http://hg.code.sf.net/p/opensaf/staging opensaf-staging

Build & Install.

  
$ cd opensaf-staging
$ ./bootstrap
$ ./configure --enable-tipc CPPFLAGS="-DRUNASROOT"
$ make
$ make install
$ ldconfig

4. Setup Configuration.

Generate /etc/opensaf/imm.xml.

  
$ cd /usr/local/share/opensaf/immxml/

# generate nodes.cfg
$ ./immxml-clustersize --sc-count 1
Successful, result stored in the file ./nodes.cfg

$ ./immxml-configure
Successfully generated the imm file: ./imm.xml.20241012_1044

$ cp imm.xml.20241012_1044 /etc/opensaf/imm.xml

Edit /etc/opensaf/dtmd.conf.

  
DTM_NODE_IP=172.17.0.2
# 172.17.0.2: IP of the eth0 interface.

Edit /etc/opensaf/node_name.

  
SC-1
# SC-1: hostname.

5. Start OpenSAF.

Start OpenSAF.

   
$ /etc/init.d/opensafd start

Check status.

  
$ /etc/init.d/opensafd status
safSISU=safSu=SC-1\,safSg=NoRed\,safApp=OpenSAF,safSi=NoRed1,safApp=OpenSAF
        saAmfSISUHAState=ACTIVE(1)
safSISU=safSu=SC-1\,safSg=2N\,safApp=OpenSAF,safSi=SC-2N,safApp=OpenSAF
        saAmfSISUHAState=ACTIVE(1)

References

If you prefer to install on virtual machine, you can use the below iso images: