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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

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

Next Steps: Check out Mininet examples

Look at some example Mininet scripts
Try some realistic network experiments with Mininet
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

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

Mininet Documentation