core-extra/wiki/Tips.wiki
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#summary Random tips and tricks relating to CORE, FreeBSD, and OpenVZ
Here we're collecting tips for CORE, FreeBSD, and OpenVZ. Please add your tips here.
= CORE tips =
tips for CORE that are not OS-specific
* if you are drawing a wired topology where a router is connected to a hub/switch and PCs/hosts are connected to that, first draw the link from the router to the switch; this way the PCs/hosts will automatically have a default route to the router
* the periodic Widgets may consume a lot of CPU cycles, pay attention to the CPU usage in the bottom right of the GUI, especially when running on VMware
== Python tips ==
To run CORE from your home directory:
# mkdir ~/mycore
# when building CORE, use `DESTDIR=~/mycore make install`
# run cored.py or your Python script with: `PATH=~/mycore/usr/local/sbin:$PATH PYTHONPATH=~/mycore/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ python ~/mycore/usr/local/sbin/cored.py`