First steps with BISDN Linux

Logging into the Switch

After installation you are now ready to log into the switch. You can either use the serial port or connect via ssh on the management port.

Log into the switch with the following credentials:

USER = "basebox"
PASSWORD = "b-isdn"

You should then see the console of BISDN Linux. This is a standard login shell and no specialized CLI, so there are no restrictions to commands you can use.

E.g. you can display the OS information by running cat /etc/os-release.

BISDN Linux, as most other Linux systems, requires superuser privileges to run commands that change system settings. The examples below must then be run via sudo to succeed.

BISDN Linux makes use of systemd. There are several systemd-enabled services required that turn a whitebox switch into a router:

• ofdpa
• ofdpa-grpc
• ofagent
• baseboxd
• frr

You may start/stop/query a service like this:

systemctl start | stop | restart | enable | disable | status SERVICE.service

where for example the command to show information about baseboxd would be systemctl status baseboxd.service.

System and component versions

Checking the versions of packages, like the ones listed above, can be done using

sudo opkg info <package name>

You can also print all installed packages with their associated versions with

sudo opkg list_installed

For the current version of baseboxd, simply run

baseboxd --version

List information about the BISDN Linux release with

cat /etc/os-release

And information about the build date and linux kernel can be found via

uname -a