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author | Philipp <pmaier@sysmocom.de> | 2016-12-23 10:26:33 +0100 |
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committer | Neels Hofmeyr <neels@hofmeyr.de> | 2018-11-27 17:54:20 +0100 |
commit | 8a1dfa0b7715312c3307527e87c2c58d69f3685f (patch) | |
tree | 78556808d4218a9821a819fdbfb2be63fdf7c193 | |
parent | f87f1113ca5b6905322d40624980e1655f33b999 (diff) |
Describe how to run multiple instances of osmo-nitb and osmo-bts
Change-Id: I69adeef85adda6f08b31b7d176f51e16968c1435
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diff --git a/doc/manuals/chapters/configuration.adoc b/doc/manuals/chapters/configuration.adoc index b91d8ac3..980f835c 100644 --- a/doc/manuals/chapters/configuration.adoc +++ b/doc/manuals/chapters/configuration.adoc @@ -179,3 +179,32 @@ configuration file. De-activating power-ramping can be performed by setting the max-initial value to the nominal power. The default max-initial value is 23 dBm. + + +==== Running multiple instances + +It is possible to run multiple instances of `osmo-bts` on one and the same +machine, if the phy-interface is flexible enough to distinguish between +different phy hardware interfaces. + +Since usually a BTS instance runs in conjunction with a dedicated PCU instance, +the socket path between PCU and BTS has to be distinguished between the running +instances. It is possible to change the default socket path via VTY config: + +.Example: Personalize PCU socket path +---- +bts 0 + pcu-socket /tmp/pcu_bts_2 +---- + +It is also necessary to separate the VTY anc CTRL interfaces of the different +instances. The VTY, as well as the CTRL interface can be bound to a free IP +address from the loopback range: + +.Example: Binding VTY and CTRL interface to a specific IP address +---- +line vty + bind 127.0.0.2 +ctrl + bind 127.0.0.2 +---- |