IOAM Agent for Python3

1. Install dependencies:

sudo pip3 install --upgrade bitstruct grpcio grpcio-tools protobuf

Note: sudo is required since the IOAM agent requires root privileges.

2. Compile the IOAM API:

git clone https://github.com/Advanced-Observability/ioam-api.git
python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -Iioam-api/ --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. ioam-api/ioam_api.proto

3. Run it:

sudo python3 ioam-agent.py -i <interface> [-o]

Output Mode

Use -o.

This mode will print IOAM traces in the console.

Report Mode

Default mode.

This mode will report IOAM traces to a collector via grpc. The collector must be defined as an environment variable:

IOAM_COLLECTOR=address:port