Hi, apologies if this has been asked before, seems this should've been asked but I couldn't find it in the pox-dev archive.
Can somebody point me the direction on how to update the component without restarting the controller? For example, I wrote a component that redirect flow traffic to a 'sniffer' port thru several switches. This is the topology, http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BWiv9Kvn_-c/UXQVIT67p0I/AAAAAAAAAOA/8WEdV_TlasY/s1600/Topology_Simulation.png, h1 <> h2, h3 <> h4, h6 <> h7 all have bi-dir flows installed based on ports. Then I carbon copy the traffic on h1 to e6 on s1, traffic on h6 to e7 on s2, then both traffic redirects to e11 on s3 that connects to an analysis host. This is all running fine, the code is here https://github.com/ericchou-python/PyTapDEMON/blob/master/ext/echou_pytapFinal.py. But suppose I have a web frontend that allows user to pick and choose which source port to start/stop sniff traffic. Currently I take the input and put that into a text file, the component reads that file and parse it out into the specific mirror ports/destination. Every time I make a change, I need to: 1. write the updated information to that text file. 2. restart the pox controller: "./pox.py <myComponent>" The switch usually registers pretty fast, but there is still a delay. I wonder if there is a to dynamically write that information somewhere and do an in-place update without restarting the controller? Thanks in advance for your help, :) Eric
