All PlanetLab users can now access VINI, and create virtual networks within their slices, via the SFA federation interface. For more information, see the SFA User Guide.

We have finished upgrading all VINI nodes to the new Trellis kernel based on Linux 2.6.27. Please report any problems to the vini-dev list.

The original Internet In A Slice (IIAS) experiment on PlanetLab combined Click, XORP, User-Mode Linux, and OpenVPN to allow a "virtual ISP" to run inside a slice. We have updated IIAS to take advantage of Trellis, and integrated it into VINI's control framework so that IIAS configuration files are automatically generated inside a VINI slice.

We are testing a new Trellis kernel based on Linux 2.6.27. This version of Linux has mainline support for the NetNS network containers used by Trellis, and so should be more stable than the current 2.6.22-based release.

You can see the status of the new kernel and tools on this wiki page. Please email the vini-dev list if you notice any problems that are not documented on the wiki.

Now virtual topologies can be automatically created inside slices by the VINI control software. The goal is to make it easier for new users to get up-and-running on VINI. Quagga configuration files are also automatically generated and placed in the slice. For more details, see the Trellis Automatic Topology Creation guide.

We have migrated VINI Central to run in a VServer. As part of the migration, we have also upgraded the VINI Central software to the PlanetLab 4.2 release and updated the Documentation section.