Installation
A. Prerequisites
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Linux Kernel Version
- In order to use the UPF element, you must use the
5.0.0-23-generic
or5.4.x
version of the Linux kernel. free5gc uses the gtp5g kernel module, which has been tested and compiled against that kernel versions only. If you installed Ubuntu 20.04, the version looks like 5.4.x. To determine the version of the Linux kernel you are using:
$ uname -r 5.4.0-65-generic
- In order to use the UPF element, you must use the
You will not be able to run most of the tests in Test section unless you deploy a UPF.
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Golang Version
- As noted above, free5gc is built and tested with Go 1.17.8
- To check the version of Go on your system, from a command prompt:
go version
- If another version of Go is installed, remove the existing version and install Go 1.17.8:
# this assumes your current version of Go is in the default location sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.17.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz sudo tar -C /usr/local -zxvf go1.17.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
- If Go is not installed on your system:
wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.17.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz sudo tar -C /usr/local -zxvf go1.17.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz mkdir -p ~/go/{bin,pkg,src} # The following assume that your shell is bash echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bashrc echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> ~/.bashrc echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin' >> ~/.bashrc echo 'export GO111MODULE=auto' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc
- Further information and installation instructions for
golang
are available at the official golang site.
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Control-plane Supporting Packages
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y install mongodb wget git
sudo systemctl start mongodb
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WARNING: MongoDB 5.0+ requires a CPU with AVX support. Or downgrade your MongoDB to 4.4
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see https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-5-0-cpu-intel-g4650-compatibility/116610/2
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see also docker-library/mongo#485 (comment)
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User-plane Supporting Packages
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y install git gcc g++ cmake autoconf libtool pkg-config libmnl-dev libyaml-dev
- Linux Host Network Settings
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o <dn_interface> -j MASQUERADE
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1400
sudo systemctl stop ufw
B. Install Control Plane Elements
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Clone the free5GC repository
- To install the latest stable build (v3.3.0):
cd ~ git clone --recursive -b v3.3.0 -j `nproc` https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc.git cd free5gc
- (Alternatively) to install the latest nightly build:
cd ~/free5gc git checkout main git submodule sync git submodule update --init --jobs `nproc` git submodule foreach git checkout main git submodule foreach git pull --jobs `nproc`
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Compile network function services in
free5gc
- To do so individually (e.g., AMF only):
cd ~/free5gc make amf
- To build all network functions:
cd ~/free5gc make
C. Install User Plane Function (UPF)
- As noted above, the GTP kernel module used by the UPF requires that you use Linux kernel version
5.0.0-23-generic
or5.4.x
. To verify your version:
uname -r
- Retrieve the 5G GTP-U kernel module using
git
and build it
git clone -b v0.8.2 https://github.com/free5gc/gtp5g.git
cd gtp5g
make
sudo make install
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Build the UPF (you may skip this step if you built all network functions above):
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to build using make:
cd ~/free5gc
make upf
- Customize the UPF as desired. The UPF configuration file in
run.sh
isfree5gc/config/upfcfg.yaml
.
D. Install WebConsole
- Before building WebConsole, install nodejs and yarn packages first:
sudo apt remove cmdtest
sudo apt remove yarn
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y nodejs yarn
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Build WebConsole
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to build using make:
cd ~/free5gc
make webconsole
- (Alternatively) to build manually:
cd ~/free5gc/webconsole/frontend
yarn install
yarn build
rm -rf ../public
cp -R build ../public
cd ..
go build -o bin/webconsole server.go
Note: 2GB or more of OS memory is recommended. WebConsole may be failed to build if memory is less then 1GB.