README.md

docker-mininet

The Docker image for Mininet

Docker Pull Command

Download from Docker Hub

docker pull iwaseyusuke/mininet

Docker Run Command

docker run -it --rm --privileged -e DISPLAY \
             -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
             -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules \
             iwaseyusuke/mininet

Docker Compose

If you have installed Docker Compose, you can run container with:

wget https://github.com/iwaseyusuke/docker-mininet/raw/master/docker-compose.yml
docker-compose run --rm mininet

TIPS

Open X Window applications in containers

If you could not open xterm or other X Window applications, or faced to the following error message;

root@26f36691a400:~# xterm
No protocol specified
Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user.
The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted
in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the
program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable.
xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: %s

Please add root user to the local access control list of xhost on your "Docker host" (not on your containers).

$ xhost +si:localuser:root
localuser:root being added to access control list