[wiki:WikiStart Orbit] > Building

= Building an ORBIT sandbox setup =

This page documents the steps necessary to build an ORBIT sandbox setup.

The test bed consists of two server side machine: one that supports all the ORBIT services and the other machine is the console to run the experiments. The following figure gives an overview of the test bed setup

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== Support Services ==

 * [wiki:HowTo/Building/PXE PXE] -- Bootstrap Orbit nodes

== Developer Notes ==

 * [wiki:HowTo/Building/Notes/PXE Comments on the PXE Makefile]
 * [wiki:Orbit/Design/Notes/cm2cmcCommunication CM <-> CMC communication protocol]