perfsonar-within-fabric.ipynb

This notebook demonstrates how to deploy and operate perfSONAR within the FABRIC testbed for targeted point-to-point monitoring. It is particularly useful for mobile edge simulations (e.g., ship-to-shore), but can also be generalized for any network performance experiment between FABRIC sites.

• Deploys a shore-side VM with the perfSONAR Toolkit and Result Archiver.
• Deploys a ship-side VM (emulated in FABRIC) with a Docker-based perfSONAR Testpoint.
• Automates periodic network tests:
  • Throughput (iperf3)
  • RTT
  • Latency
  • Traceroute
• Stores results both locally and remotely for visualization.
• Compatible with FABRIC resources or other distributed environments.

perfsonar-psconfig.ipynb

This notebook extends the workflow to enable a multi-site, centrally orchestrated deployment of perfSONAR using pSConfig. It supports scaling across multiple FABRIC sites while maintaining local data persistence and optional centralized archiving.

• Deploys a Central VM with perfSONAR Testpoint, perfSONAR Archive, and Grafana.
• Deploys one or more Remote VMs, each running perfSONAR Testpoint, Archive, and Grafana.
• Configures hosts on the Central VM via pSConfig.
• Configures hosts, tests, schedules, and tasks on Remote VMs.
• Archives results:
  • Locally on each Remote VM.
  • Optionally aggregated on the Central VM for unified visualization.

perfsonar-psconfig-fabnetv4ext.ipynb

This notebook provisions a pSConfig-orchestrated, multi-host perfSONAR deployment on FABRIC where all hosts attach to FabNetv4Ext for public Internet–routable access. It’s ideal when you need to reach perfSONAR services (Toolkit UI, Grafana, HTTP Archive, iperf3/OWAMP endpoints) from outside FABRIC without VPN or private overlays.

Together, these notebooks provide a complete toolkit for both point-to-point experiments (ship-to-shore style) and multi-site distributed measurement meshes using FABRIC resources.

Source and full notebooks available at: GitHub Repository