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SONiC - SWitch State Service - SWSS

Description

The SWitch State Service (SWSS) is a collection of software that provides a database interface for communication with and state representation of network applications and network switch hardware.

Getting Started

Install

Before installing, add key and package sources:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver apt-mo.trafficmanager.net --recv-keys 417A0893
echo 'deb http://apt-mo.trafficmanager.net/repos/sonic/ trusty main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sonic.list
sudo apt-get update

Install dependencies:

sudo apt-get install redis-server -t trusty
sudo apt-get install libhiredis0.13 -t trusty

Install building dependencies:

sudo apt-get install libtool
sudo apt-get install autoconf automake
sudo apt-get install dh-exec

There are a few different ways you can install SONiC-SWSS.

Install from Debian Repo

For your convenience, you can install prepared packages on Debian Jessie:

sudo apt-get install swss

Install from Source

Checkout the source: git clone https://github.com/Azure/sonic-swss.git and install it yourself.

Get SAI header files into /usr/include/sai. Put the SAI header files that you use to compile libsairedis into /usr/include/sai

Install prerequisite packages:

sudo apt-get install libswsscommon libswsscommon-dev libsairedis libsairedis-dev

You can compile and install from source using:

./autogen.sh
./configure
make && sudo make install

You can also build a debian package using:

./autogen.sh
fakeroot debian/rules binary

Need Help?

For general questions, setup help, or troubleshooting:

• sonicproject on Google Groups

For bug reports or feature requests, please open an Issue.

Contribution guide

See the contributors guide for information about how to contribute.

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