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The Mininet documentation contains a wealth of helpful information including how to use Mininet, how to use Mininet's Python API, Frequently Asked Questions, and much more. Most of the questions we receive on the mailing list have already been answered in the documentation and FAQ, so please consult it, and please feel free to improve the FAQ and wiki!

Getting Started With Mininet: The Basics

1. Download Download and run Mininet - in a Virtual Machine (VM) or natively
2. VM Setup Notes Configure your Mininet VM after you've downloaded it
3. Walkthrough Start up and run Mininet
4. OpenFlow Tutorial Use Mininet to learn about OpenFlow and SDN
5. Introduction to Mininet Learn to use Mininet's Python API. Essential reading.

Next Steps: Check out Mininet examples

1. Look at some example Mininet scripts
2. Try some realistic network experiments with Mininet
3. If you like, watch some Mininet videos

Essential Mininet References

• Introduction to Mininet
• Mininet Python API Reference
• Viewing/Generating the Mininet API Reference (it's very easy!)
• Publications Informative Mininet papers, technical reports and presentations
• FAQ Please read and add to the Frequently Asked Questions (and their Answers)
• VM Creation Notes How we created the Mininet VM image
• Mininet Videos
• Mininet Python Style Guide
• Cluster Edition Prototype - information on experimental cluster features

Teaching Computer Networking with Mininet

• Assignments Use Mininet to teach or learn about computer networks
• Reproducible Network Research with Mininet

Mininet Release Notes

• Mininet 2.2.2 Release Notes
• Mininet 2.2.1 Release Notes
• Mininet 2.2.0 Release Notes
• Mininet 2.1.0 Release Notes

Submit Bug Reports, Feature Requests, Docs and Code!

• Bugs How to submit bug reports
• Feature Requests How to request and implement features
• Mininet has an editable documentation wiki and the FAQ

Other Mininet Extensions, Tools, and Packages

• Mininet Community Extensions and Packages Additional useful packages, tools, etc. created by members of the Mininet community

Other Documents

• Introduction to Mininet A brief introduction to Mininet, by Prof. William ES Yu of the Ateneo University of Manila
• The Mininet Approach to Network Research and Prototyping Principles that have guided Mininet's design
• Mininet Project Ideas - Proposed Mininet features for Google Summer of Code or other projects
• Futures A few (mostly older) thoughts on future Mininet features/futures
• Mininet 2.0.0 Testing Plan and Projects
• Mininet Documentation Plan